Osteoporosis

Get Out Of Bed At Your Own Risk!

Karin Kasdin | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Fifty, Osteoporosis, Health, Health Studies, Boomers, Brazilian Blowout, Calcium Supplements, Cancer Risk, Fifty News
Karin Kasdin

Being a cancerphobe is a full-time job and very stressful. And by God, we all know what stress can do to almost every system in our bodies. It can cause cancer and should be avoided at all costs, along with calcium and Prolia and Fosamax and keratin and pesticide and lead and skinny jeans and high heels and nonorganic produce and sunshine and whatever else one comes in contact with after breakfast.

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Manopause: There's Gold for Some in Those Unneeded Hormone Pills, Shots

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Andrenopause, Dr. Braunstein, Andropause, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Somatopause, Manopause, Aging, Testosterone, Male Menopause, Androgens, Osteoporosis, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

The anti-aging industry has gone wild diagnosing men with nonspecific and virtually ubiquitous symptoms with dubious hormonal deficiencies, which they then proceed to treat at great expense.

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Gene Variants Linked With Osteoporosis And Increased Fracture Risk

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Video, Osteoporosis Gene Variants, Osteoporosis Genes, Genes Fracture Risk, Osteoporosis, Genes Fractures, Gene Fracture, Healthy Living News

Genes may be at least partially to blame when it comes to osteoporosis and fracture risk in women, according to new research. In a new study publis...

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Baseline Your Health

Deepak Chopra | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Kidney Health, Biomarkers, Cholesterol, Cancer Screening, Osteoporosis, Hyperthyroidism, Pancreas, Multiple Sclerosis, Als, Thyroid Disease, Wellness, Biomarker, Clinical Biomarkers, Personal Health, Disease Biomarkers, Video, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

When it comes to health, your baseline is a whole atlas of personal health information. Knowing how to read that atlas can help you to set goals on your wellness journey -- and to achieve them.

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Were Women's Bone Scans Bone Scams?

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Bone Scans, Osteopenia, Women's Health, Osteoporosis Bone Scans, Osteoporosis, Health News, Osteopenia Bone Scans, Healthy Living News
Martha Rosenberg

Women are in such danger of osteoporosis they need regular bone scans. But a recent article reveals that the warnings don't apply to 90 percent of women who have been getting the scans -- and the bone drugs the scans were designed to sell -- for no reason.

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Should Women Take Calcium And Vitamin D Or Not?

Julie Chen, M.D. | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Vitamin D, Supplements, Osteoporosis Prevention, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, Dr Julie Chen, Calcium, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Vitamin D Supplements, Calcium Vitamin D, Supplements for Health, Supplements Health, Healthy Living Health News, Calcium Deficiency, Personal Health, Natural Health Supplements, Vitamin D Deficiency, Food Supplements, Calcium Supplements, Healthy Living News
Julie Chen, M.D.

One of my patients recently brought in a mainstream magazine piece that cited an article from a medical journal regarding calcium increasing risk for heart attacks.

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More Is Not Always Better

Susan M. Love | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Bone Density, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, Dr. Susan Love, Cardiovascular Disease, Bisphosphonates, Health Research, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, New Research, Healthy Living News
Susan M. Love

When it comes to medicine, all too often we think, "Well, if a little is good for you then more must be better!" But three recently published studies underscore why, when it comes to our health, more may actually be more than we need.

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Natural Osteoporosis Help

Dr. Maoshing Ni | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Preventing Osteoporosis, Personal Health, Osteoporosis Care, Osteoporosis Causes, Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis Tips, Healthy Living News
Dr. Maoshing Ni

For most people the first sign of osteoporosis is a broken bone or a fracture, and the frightening part is that often a person does not know they have osteoporosis until a minor fall ends up causing a serious fracture.

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Do the Osteoporosis Medicine Fosamax and Dental Work Mix?

Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S. | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Prescription Drugs Side Effects, Forsamax, Dental Health, Osteoporosis, Prescription Drugs, Healthy Living News
Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.

For this post, I would like to discuss osteoporosis drug Fosamax (aka alendronate) and dentistry, because there is a definitive risk factor involved.

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Fat And Fit? 9 Surprising Health Facts

Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Red Wine Health Benefits, Weird Health Facts, Cognitive Function, Heart Disease, Health Facts, Coffee, Osteoporosis, Fifty News

If you've been hiding from the bathroom scale since Thanksgiving, here's some good news: A growing body of evidence now suggests that being overweight...

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Tips For Keeping Your Bones Strong, From Joy Bauer

Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Video, Osteoporosis, Joy Bauer, Nutrition, Bone Health, Mondays With Marlo, Diet, Women News

Nutrition expert Joy Bauer addresses the concerns of osteoporosis, and shares tips for keeping your bones strong. Were these tips helpful for you? Joi...

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Why Those Extra 10 Pounds May Be Good For You

www.aarp.org | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: American Obesity, Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain, Osteoporosis, Health, Holiday Weight Gain, Moderation, Fitness, Health Post50, Obesity, Body Mass Index, Overweight, Fifty News

The day after Thanksgiving, a collective groan goes up when millions of Americans step on the bathroom scale. Most of us who won't see 40 again are fa...

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Catherine Pearson

Rheumatoid Arthritis Tied To Increased Risk Of Broken Bones In Young Women

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Hip Fracture, Bone Fracture, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Broken Bones, Hip Fracture Risks, Healthy-Living-Health-News, Arthritis, Video, Healthy Living News

Research has tied rheumatoid arthritis -- the autoimmune disease that can cause debilitating swelling of the joints -- with increased risk of osteopor...

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Women, Weights and Osteoporosis

Rachel Cosgrove | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Strength Training, Weight Training, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, Women and Osteoporosis, Fitness and Exercise, Healthy Living Body, Women Osteoporosis Risk, Healthy Living News
Rachel Cosgrove

Women have followed low-nutrient diets, along with over-exercising. These approaches may have caused more damage to their bodies, possibly even putting themselves into increased risk for osteoporosis.

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A Pint A Day To Keep Osteoporosis Away?

Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Women, Bone Density, Bones, Osteoporosis, Bone Health, Menopause, Beer, Health Post50, Middle-Aged Women, Osteoporosis Prevention, Fifty News

Milk has a long standing, celebrity-studded ad campaign, and in the alcoholic beverage realm, red wine has been stealing the spotlight as of late. How...

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Exercise: Are You Really Too Busy?

Estelle Underwood | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Fitness and Exercise, Health and Wellness, Weight Loss, Osteoporosis, Strength-Training, Ukhealth-News, Ukfitness, Ukwellbeing, Healthy Living News
Estelle Underwood

Daily exercise is a commitment, it's true. A big commitment. And in a world where we're already so over-committed to family, friends, school, and work, it is difficult to imagine making one more commitment.

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'Moi, Osteoporosis?...How Could This Be?'

Prudence Baird | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Baby Boomers, Osteoporosis, Baby Boomer Women, Growing Older, Bones, Reinvention, Health Post50, Fifty News
Prudence Baird

Of all the charges leveled at baby boomers -- and there are many -- the one I relate to most is that we refuse to acknowledge that our clocks are winding down.

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Time to Bone Up on Osteoporosis Treatment Controversies

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Low Bone Density, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Osteopenia, Cedars Sinai, Osteoporosis, Bisphosphonates, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

With federal regulators scrutinizing the safety of medications taken by five million Americans for the health of their bones, it's a perfect time to talk about the prevalent condition for which doctors prescribe them: osteoporosis.

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Osteoporosis Drugs: The Good, The Bad, The Natural Alternatives

Loren Fishman, MD | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Osteoporosis Treament, Osteoporosis, Personal Health, Yoga Benefits, Health, Vitamin D Supplements, Calcium, Osteoporosis-Prevention, Yoga Health, Osteoporosis Prevention, Home News
Loren Fishman, MD

Drugs aren't the only answer. Medication or no medication, drinking alcohol and carbonated beverages and smoking aren't recommended, and a diet rich in calcium and Vitamin D is beneficial.

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Stalking the Midlife Bulge -A Yogini's Random Encounter with a Kettlebell

Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yoga Therapy, Weight Loss Tips, Yoga, Weight Loss, Osteoporosis, How-to-Lose-Weight, Exercises for Osteoporosis, Home News
Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D.

It was one of those butterfly wing events: a butterfly flaps its wings and an earthquake erupts on the other side of the world. Well, in this case it ...

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The Lesser-Known Complications Of HIV

Erin N. Marcus, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiv Aids, Hiv, Osteoporosis, Hiv Aids Facts, Hiv Aids Symptoms, Living With Hiv Aids, HIV Cure, Home News
Erin N. Marcus, M.D.

Research suggests that long-term exposure to HIV, and to the inflammation it triggers, make people vulnerable to premature aging and to a host of conditions seen with aging, like osteoporosis.

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Weekly Health Tip: Build Up Your Bones

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bone Density, Osteoporosis, Bone Health, Home News
Deepak Chopra

Brought to you by Deepak Chopra, MD, Alexander Tsiaras,and TheVisualMD.com There seems to be no part of your body so impenetrable and permanent as...

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Osteoporosis Drugs Could Increase Risk Of Fractures, Warns FDA

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Osteoporosis Treament, Osteoporosis Drugs, Osteoporosis, Health, Healthy Living News

WASHINGTON — Government health officials warned doctors and patients Wednesday about an increased risk of thigh fractures with a widely used gro...

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Task Force Urges Bone-density Tests For More Women

AP | STEPHANIE NANO | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Osteoporosis Health, Osteoporosis Causes, Osteoporosis, Health, Osteoporosis Symptoms, Osteoporosis Help, Women's Health, Healthy Living News

NEW YORK — Routine screening for osteoporosis should include all younger postmenopausal women who have at least the same chance of a bone break ...

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Vitamin E Shows Promise For Treating Liver Disease

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Liver Disease, Fat, Diet, Obesity, Actos, Scurvy, Osteoporosis, Exercise, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Rickets, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer, Fatty Liver Disease, Vitamin E, Insulin, Healthy Living News

LOS ANGELES — People with a common, obesity-related liver disease that has no known treatment got a surprising benefit from vitamin E pills, res...

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