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 early! Here’s a case that illustrates that point....
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 fact, most male osteoporosis is considered to have a...
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 carefully researched, and it appears that on average, women in the...
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 understand. If you have a bone health problem...
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 similar drugs had the potential to actually...
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 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s, a fracture can come...
Fosamax and breast cancer
Last December, many news outlets were reporting the latest finding to come from the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative in articles that trumpeted the finding that women who were taking Fosamax...
Repeat fractures vs. first fractures
The nine million osteoporotic fractures that occur worldwide each year give us reason for concern, and recently colleagues to the north asked two interesting questions about who fractures and how...
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 the one-liner goes, “We should learn from the mistakes...
Worried about osteopenia? A holiday gift from NPR
If you’ve heard the term osteopenia, and especially if you happen to be one of the millions who’ve been “diagnosed” with this “disease”, I urge you to listen to or...
New IOM vitamin D recommendations — baby steps and missteps
You may have heard recently all the news stories that talked about the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) new guidelines for vitamin D and calcium. These guidelines were updates from those...
How do I know if I have a spinal fracture?
At the Center for Better Bones, I frequently see middle-aged women who have just received a bone density test and have been told they have the bones of an “80-year-old”...
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