Search results for "Osteoporosis"
Act early to counter rise in osteoporosis
Lewiecki, who also directs the New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center in Albuquerque. ... Source: “Call to Action to Address the Crisis in the Treatment of Osteoporosis,” Sept.
January 2017
Do Nexium and other heartburn medicines cause osteoporosis?
Do Nexium and other heartburn medicines cause osteoporosis? Every week, I am asked by patients if their heartburn medicine causes osteoporosis. ... The belief that they can cause or accelerate osteoporosis is derived from large, pooled medical studies
May 2022
Hints for preventive care in inflammatory bowel disease | Internal Medicine Meeting 2019 News | ACP Internist
Patients with IBD, particularly Crohn's disease, are at very high risk for osteoporosis and osteopenia, Dr.
April 2019
Vigilance needed to combat osteoporosis
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2017/01/editors-note.htm. This issue covers such topics as osteoporosis, nutrition, vertigo, and opioids and medical education. ... Osteoporosis was in the news recently, with a “call to action” to improve screening,
January 2017
Recommended calciumand vitamin D intakesGroup Optimal daily intake Calcium* ...
1,000 mg of vitamin D3 per day for post-menopausal white women (National OsteoporosisFoundation Physician’s Guide to Prevention andTreatment of Osteoporosis). ‡ ... From PIER’s module on osteoporosis:
October 2009
How to start and stop bisphosphonates
A score of 2.5 or worse indicated osteoporosis, which did require treatment. ... The patients in between were classified as having osteopenia or low bone mass.
June 2013
FDA and herbal medicine--caveat emptor!
Take a look at this example:. Fosamax: The FDA has approved this for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. ... disease. However, for most of us, promoting bone health sounds like it's designed to prevent osteoporosis, which is exactly the intent
May 2022
Preventive medicine: on being a bad patient
Don't I sound annoying? Osteoporosis:. Bone density testing. There are machines that will shoot photons at my bones and tell me if I am developing osteoporosis. ... It is primarily the loss of natural estrogen at menopause that will lead to osteoporosis.
May 2022
MKSAP Quiz: Dyspnea during walking
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2010/03/mksap.htm. A 79-year-old woman is seen for an annual examination. She is in good health except for osteopenia, for which she takes
March 2010
Relax, kick off your shoes, and examine common foot disorders
Evaluate the patient's bone health, she advised, because stress fractures are associated with low bone density and osteoporosis.
June 2017