Osteoporosis is a chronic medical condition where the body loses bone mass faster than it can be dealt. Interestingly, there are two opposing forces which will lead to osteoporosis. On the one hand, bone is built in response to stresses such as weight-bearing and muscle strength. On the other hand, bone is also lost in […]
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How physicians treat osteoporosis Treatment for osteoporosis actually begins in the teen years using an ounce of prevention. This is definitely one case where that ounce of prevention before the age of 30 is truly worth a pound of cure at 55 years. Although prevention is the safest option, the Federal Drug Administration does have
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Osteoporosis is a condition which affects millions of individuals worldwide. Unfortunately, once the condition has progressed an individual will often suffer a low impact or low traumatic bone fracture. Most commonly the fractures occur in either the spine, wrist or hip. Once fractured these bones must be set through an open reduction. This means that
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Today measuring bone mass density is standard medical procedure in the diagnosis of osteoporosis. However, these tests have only been around for approximately 25 years. In the early years, osteoporosis was a disease that was only detected after an individual’s suffered from a low impact or low trauma fracture. By this time the bones had
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Vitamin K comes into different forms: K-1 and K2. K1 is synthesized from plants which we eat and K2 is synthesized in animals, including humans, from bacteria in the intestines. K2 is found in higher concentrations than K1 in certain organs of the body, including the liver, which suggests that there is more to be
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