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Diagnosing osteoporosis
A medical evaluation for osteoporosis includes your medical history, measuring your height, examining your spine for curvature, x-rays, bone mineral density (BMD) test and lab tests.
Discovery Points to Regulation of Calcium Metabolism
- By KMFDallas · Posted yesterday at 12:02 pm
- 0 replies
- Discovery Points to Regulation of Calcium Metabolism Researchers may be step closer to preventing kidney stones, osteoporosis HealthDay By Robert Preidt Monday, June 29, 2009 MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay ...
Delay in Diagnosis of Menopause-like Condition in Young Women Linked to Low
- By KMFDallas · Posted June 26, 2009
- 0 replies
- Delay in Diagnosis of Menopause-like Condition in Young Women Linked to Low Bone Density Women Who Don’t Receive Treatment May Risk Osteoporosis Women and young girls who experience delays in diagnosing ...
how to detect osteoporosis?
- By kps · New reply May 23, 2009
- 13 replies
- Dear Team, I wish to know hoe to detect Osteoporosis? Is any Instrument availble?Please inform. Thank you, Warm regards, Kps ...
Protect Patient Access to Osteoporosis Testing
- By Osteo_Staff_Journal · New reply May 18, 2009
- 8 replies
- Ask Congress to support the “Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009.” As an osteoporosis patient, you know the severe impact that osteoporosis has on those living with the disease ...
my sister
- By heyde · New reply May 17, 2009
- 5 replies
- my sister has been diagnosed with lupus 3 years ago she is 21 and she went to the doctor today and he said her bones are thinin that has the symptoms of osteoporosis would it get worst? is she gonna be ...
RobbieM
- By RobbieM · New reply May 14, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hi All! Needing a little woman to woman advice. Am I just paranoid or should I seek medical advice? I am 37 and have had four children from 21-26. Breastfed them all for between 10-11 1/2 months. Possibly ...
FRAX Calculation Tool
- By Eamenard · New reply May 13, 2009
- 12 replies
- For those of you who would like to calculate the risk of hip fracture in the next 10 years, you might want to visit the website:www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/ click on "Calculation" , select nationality, and follow ...
Question on DEXA scores
- By drizzit · New reply May 2, 2009
- 3 replies
- So help me understand this when someone says they gained 5 % or whatever on the Bone mass or Dexa score just how much improvement is that on the point scale score? Is a 10% gain the same as going from ...
Horror Story with a DEXA bone density test
- By nathji · New reply April 28, 2009
- 26 replies
- I have a reason for being scared of DEXA tests. In 2007 when I had my first DEXA scan done -- the first machine showed dreadful scores of T = -3.7 and T = - 4.2. I was then told by the doctor that I must ...
Reclast Infusion
- By Joanelai · New reply April 21, 2009
- 4 replies
- Good Evening: I am new to the group. I was diagnosed with osteopenia probably 6 years ago. I did not respond to Activa or Boniva, but I frequently forgot to take them. About 2 years ago I moved up to ...
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- By KMFDallas · New reply April 15, 2009
- 1 reply
- OSTEOPOROSISTX.COM OFFERS CLINICIANS AN ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE WITH THE LATEST IN OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT Web Site is Part of Larger Continuing Education Initiative to Improve ...
Medical Groups Seek Boost in Pay for DXA Scans
- By KMFDallas · New reply April 14, 2009
- 1 reply
- Medical Groups Seek Boost in Pay for DXA Scans By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: April 09, 2009 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University ...
Just DX with severe osteoporosis...need help!
- By Dutch · New reply March 17, 2009
- 21 replies
- Hi everyone, I was just diagnosed with "severe osteoporosis" by way of an e-mail from my Dr's nurse. It came after a bone scan that I suggested I have after being on Prednisone for over 4 years. It simply ...
Fractures and Depression
- By CindyBindi · New reply February 10, 2009
- 6 replies
- Question for anyone: Do you get depressed whenever you fracture a bone? I fractured my ribs twice last year. Both times, I was plagued by a sudden deep depression, which is very unusual. Does anyone know ...
What exactly does -3.8 mean?
- By Uma · New reply February 8, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hi, I hope this is not a stupid question but what exactly does -3.8 mean? For some reason, I think (and have told people) that 38% of my spine is gone. Is this accurate? Is there another way of looking ...
Question about my T-scores
- By maureen86 · New reply January 21, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hello! I am 46 years old and have primary amenorrhea. I feel that the problems I am experiencing now are due to me neglecting to keep up on hormone replacement therapy. I was recently sent for a bone ...
Happy New Year!
- By sdivas · New reply January 8, 2009
- 9 replies
- As we begin a New Year, I'd like to thank: NOF for giving us a support community. The B's (previous online chat group) would often discuss the need for a discussion group under the NOF banner. NOF responded ...
bone quality vs bone quantity
- By linnyd531 · New reply December 30, 2008
- 14 replies
- hi all, i'm currently reading the myth of osteoporosis and gaining a lot of insight into the medical establishment as a whole. apparently, bone quality is an important indicator for bone fracture...maybe ...
Backbone "Clicking"
- By KalisMom · New reply December 17, 2008
- 28 replies
- Hi, I was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis, and I've noticed that when I bend forward or twist my body....ever so slightly....my backbone makes a clicking sound! It doesn't hurt at all but I'm concerned ...
Affirmation, Words of Wisdom
- By sdivas · New reply December 17, 2008
- 10 replies
- Affirmations are positive declarations that may have a transformative effect on attitude and perspecitive with bone loss. Words of wisdom often inspire and motivate. Do you have words of wisdom or an ...
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