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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.
New Hope for "Thinning" Bones
- By Sarasota_Babe · Posted August 26, 2009
- 0 replies
- UCLA researchers have come up with interesting information that might change the treatment of the disease. Check out the following link: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/55 5504/?sc=dwhp ...
AHRQ Podcasts
- By KMFDallas · Posted August 22, 2009
- 0 replies
- http://healthcare411.ahrq.gov/radiocast. aspx?id=314 Hope this link works ...
Fight Osteoporosis
- By BLDBNZ · New reply August 22, 2009
- 9 replies
- Please everyone get a bone density test. 1 out of 2 women over 50 will have an osteoporosis related hip fracture. 1 in 4 men over 65 will. 25% of those men die in the first year and 79% never leave assisted ...
Teeth
- By Lynney · New reply August 15, 2009
- 24 replies
- I know that I have Osteoporisis (-2.5 at spine). I just had a dental check-up and my dentist tells me that I am losing bone from my teeth. I explained about the osteo and he said that there was no link ...
frax
- By jingchenzheng · New reply August 8, 2009
- 1 reply
- I`m very interesting in FRAX. I would like to introduce to my colleagues later. I hope that doctors in my area will like use this tool in our osteoprotic clinic ...
Affirmation, Words of Wisdom
- By sdivas · New reply July 22, 2009
- 11 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 ...
Discovery Points to Regulation of Calcium Metabolism
- By KMFDallas · Posted July 2, 2009
- 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 ...
OSTEOPOROSISTX.COM OFFERS CLINICIANS AN ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE WITH TH
- 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 ...
