Yes, you can be too thin
Whenever I go to one of my son’s school events, or see a group of children in other places, my attention is drawn ...
Bones, not Botox
I was amused by a story presented on NPR about how plastic surgeons were just discovering that part of the reason ...
Why should you hang on to your medical records?
Let me tell you about Janet. Janet is a thin, energetic 57-year-old woman now seven years into menopause who came ...
Mary’s broken leg – Part 1
I often say it’s never too late to build strong, healthy bones, but I could just as easily say it’s never too ...
Nothing comes from nothing—rethinking “primary osteoporosis”
When osteoporosis is diagnosed in men, a great effort is made to uncover the causes of the excessive bone loss. In ...
Case study: How Lynn halted her menopausal bone loss
It’s long been held that menopause is a time of rapid bone loss. This oft-cited generalization has now been ...
Who needs a medical osteoporosis workup?
Here at the Center for Better Bones, we often say that it is difficult to solve a problem you do not fully ...
ABC News report: Fosamax can cause needless fractures
I hate to say "I told you so," but for years here at the Center for Better Bones, I've said that Fosamax and ...
3 tips to help heal fractures
Breaking a bone can stop us all in our tracks, no matter what age we are. But particularly for women in their ...
Fosamax and breast cancer
Last December, many news outlets were reporting the latest finding to come from the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative ...
Repeat fractures vs. first fractures
The nine million osteoporotic fractures that occur worldwide each year give us reason for concern, and recently ...
A needless osteoporosis scare
Occasionally I like to share some of the interesting bone health cases I see at the Center for Better Bones. As ...
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