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Pam Flores on Osteoporosis
Wednesday, March 21 2012
Thinking about having a DXA Scan? Here's some important things you should know.
Can I take oral calcium the day of my scan?
Do not take supplemental calcium 24 hours before your test. Undissolved calcium can cause an artifact (shadow) on the scan, so it's best to skip your calcium dose the day before the... Read more
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Pam Flores on Osteoporosis
Sunday, March 11 2012
At the first of the year we discussed the new recommendations for DXA scanning, which concluded that those over 65, with normal bone density scores may wait for their repeat scan for bone mineral density scores. The study also mentioned that waiting fifteen years in-between scans would theoretically save our health care system billions of... Read more
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Pam Flores on Osteoporosis
Wednesday, February 29 2012
Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Case Western Reserve University and Harvard developed a remote programmable microchip that can be implanted to dispense teriparatide (Forteo®) for patients at high risk for fracture. The scientists and two commercial companies tested this on a group of women, between 65 and 70... Read more
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Pam Flores on Osteoporosis
Monday, February 20 2012
We will be interviewing one of our members from England on Transient Migratory Osteoporosis. This is a little-known disorder that is similar to osteoporosis in some ways, but at the same time very different. Most of us have never heard of this, even though it's been in the medical literature for quite some... Read more
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Pam Flores on Osteoporosis
Tuesday, February 14 2012
February is National Heart Awareness Month, so we'd like to tell you about the connection between heart disease and bone loss.
If you have heart disease you've probably had many chest x-rays to monitor your heart, and sometimes during these tests compression fractures of the spine are found.
New studies show that there is a... Read more
