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What Is Osteopenia
Question of the Week: How Are You Treating Your Osteopenia?
Hi everyone, thanks once again for joining us at our weekly discussions! We all appreciate your input and insightful opinions on Osteoporosis and Osteopenia. This week we'd like to discuss Osteopenia and what you are doing to treat it.
Let's start with the definition of Osteopenia:
According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation: "Osteopenia is a term for low bone density that is not yet low enough to be called osteoporosis. It means you're at risk for osteoporosis (200...
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Expert & Community Posts
FRAX for Fracture Risk and Choosing Treatments for Osteopenia
By Neil Gonter, MD , Health Expert...I am 56 years old and was recently diagnosed with osteopenia of my hip with a T score of -1.7. ... Read more »
If You Have Osteopenia, How High is Your Fracture Risk? The FRAX Algorithm
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert...for a vast number of women and men diagnosed with osteopenia, or diminished bone mass defined as... Read more »
Protecting Those Hips: Hip Protectors?
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert...loved ones... especially if we are older or have osteopenia or osteoporosis. Whether that means... Read more »
"I Don't Get What The Doctor Told Me..." The Vocabulary Of Osteoporosis
By PJ Hamel , Health ExpertLately, as a new osteopenia patient, I find myself drowning in a sea of unfamiliar words.... Read more »
It's Not Just about Bone Density
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert...density level doesn't qualify as osteoporosis or osteopenia, the possibility of a fracture... Read more »
Health Guide
Medical and Dental Concerns About Fosmax, Bisphosphonates
...Actonel, Boniva, Didronel and Skelid and are commonly prescribed as treatments for osteoporosis and osteopenia in post-menopausal women. Intravenous bisphosphonates can decrease bone pain and... Read more »Scoliosis: Highlights
Bone DensityAdolescent girls with scoliosis often have low bone mineral density (osteopenia), a condition that can later develop into osteoporosis. The amount of bone loss may predict curve... Read more »Scoliosis: References
...adolescents. Am J Transplant. 2006;6(2):324-330.Hung VW, Qin L, Cheung CS, Lam TP, Ng BK, Tse YK, et al. Osteopenia: a new prognostic factor of curve progression in adolescent idiopathic... Read more »Scoliosis: Prognosis
...be more important in predicting severity in this group.Effects on BonesScoliosis is associated with osteopenia, a condition characterized by loss of bone mass. About 27 - 38% of adolescent girls... Read more »Osteoporosis: Diagnosis
...being scanned. In general, bone is normal if results are greater than 833 mg/cm2. Low bone density (osteopenia) is between 833 and 648 mg/cm2. Osteoporosis is diagnosed with results below 648... Read more »Related News
Mixed Results in Bone Study
November 03, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers ended with mixed results in a study designed to see if daily supplements of vitamin K1 would protect women at risk... Read summary »
Vitamin K does not slow bone loss: study
October 17, 2008A new study has found that vitamin K does not slow bone loss in postmenopausal women, but it may help them avoid fractures and cancer if they suffer... Read summary »
Bone loss linked to heart disease
October 03, 2008A small study suggests that people with osteoporosis may be more likely to have obstructive coronary artery disease also. Overall, 76 percent of... Read summary »
Q&A: Can I boost calcium without supplements?
October 03, 2008A reader wants to know if it's possible to get adequate calcium through diet alone, rather than by taking a mineral supplement. According to Dr.... Read summary »
Report: Bone loss meds' effects exaggerated
October 03, 2008A new report published in the British Medical Journal suggests that drug companies exaggerate the benefit of osteoporosis drugs to women who do not... Read summary »
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