Low Vitamin D: A Global Concern
Recent studies suggest that vitamin D is much more important in fighting off disease than previously thought. Being deficient in this vitamin puts one at risk of diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis, and multiple...
Tagged: Osteoporosis
Solving the Calcium Conundrum
Every once in a while, new research findings seem to fly in the face of conventional nutrition wisdom, leaving health-conscious consumers scratching their heads or throwing up their hands. One of the most recent...
Computerized Workout
The invention of Nautilus exercise equipment revolutionized the way we exercise. Its creator has designed a new system that uses computers instead of scalpels to repair injured backs and knees. Mikaela’s weekly exercises on...
Smoker’s Nutrition
Containing over 4,000 chemicals, including more than sixty known carcinogenic (cancer-causing) substances, tobacco smoke has an obvious negative impact on health. People who smoke cigarettes or any other form of tobacco are at greater...
How much calcium do you get in your daily diet?
If you’re like most Americans, experts say you probably don’t get enough. You could be at an increased risk of developing osteoporosis. By the time Parvin Pedram realized this, it was too late. “You...
Health conditions for baby boomers and how to prevent and/or treat them
OSTEOPOROSIS: Despite the high level of physical fitness among baby boomers, an alarming number are afflicted with osteoporosis. The National Osteoporosis Foundation says 44 million American men and women aged 50 and older have...
Bone Scanner
An estimated 25 million American women either have or are at-risk for getting osteoporosis. Many people don’t even know they have the disease. Now, a lightweight, easy-to-use test helps doctors identify more people with...
Connections between nutrition, genetics and disease
Do you think that nutrition needs to get more personalized? It certainly needs to get more personalized for specific diseases like heart disease and like osteoporosis. Specific diseases that we know have a nutritional...
Q&A on how many elderly people with asthma aren’t diagnosed
If asthma goes undetected, is it dangerous? Yes. Some people who aren’t given a diagnosis of asthma are poor perceivers of their symptoms, so their airways become narrower and narrower over just a few...
Treatment for Spine Fractures
Nearly 1 million osteoporosis patients suffer from fractures of the spine each year. The injuries are painful and often limit mobility. Traditional treatment includes bed rest and a brace, but a new procedure helps...
Future Risks childhood brain tumor survivors
New research shows long-term childhood brain tumor (CBT) survivors are at risk for serious medical problems later in life such as endocrine and cardiovascular diseases even years after successful brain tumor treatment. In a...
Celiac disease could be the cause of osteoporosis
What is celiac disease? Dr. Stenson: Celiac disease is an abnormal immune response to a protein that is found in wheat, rye and barley. In this abnormal immune response, the immune cells in the...
Your risk factors for osteoporosis
Ten million people have osteoporosis … 80 percent of them are women. But the disease can be almost entirely prevented with healthy habits. Are you at risk? Several factors could determine your fate. Are...
Back Pain Treatment
Pamidronate is a medication and has been around for many years. It’s a medication for bone loss and was originally given to patients with high levels of calcium in the blood or to patients...
Connection between lung and bone problems
There’s a new connection between lung problems and bone problems. A new study urges the importance of screening for osteoporosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). The association between the two is...
Can we get too much of Vitamin D?
BALTIMORE (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Vitamin D is hailed by many as the wonder vitamin. It can boost your immune system, ward off osteoporosis, help lower your blood pressure. But can it lower your risk...
Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis
Osteoarthritis Also known as osteoarthrosis, degenerative arthritis, and degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis is a gradual wearing down of cartilage – the firm, elastic tissue that connects bones with muscles and protects the joints. This...
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease in which bones gradually lose mass, become less dense, and weaken over time. This increases the risk for bone fractures, which can impair mobility or lead to severe consequences...
Vitamin D Deficiencies – Osteoporosis and Others
Osteoporosis Vitamin D deficiency can contribute to the development of osteoporosis. A 2006 multinational study of 2,600 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis found that 64 percent of the participants had insufficient blood levels of vitamin...