Osteoporosis

Testosterone supplementation
I am a 68 year old male with osteopenia in the femurs and osteoporosis in the spine. My free testosterone level is 1.4%, versus the normal level of 1.6% to 2.9%. I have been losing muscle mass for years, and am now down to 150 lbs on a 6'-3" frame. (My wife says I should audition for the next film on prison ... 17 Apr 2008 15:47

pH Monitoring: Follow-up DEXA
Follow-up to threads begun on 2/10/08. Recap: 68 year old male. March 28, 2007 DEXA revealed osteopenia in femurs, osteoporosis in spine. I opted to try for one year to rebuild bone through careful diet plus daily monitoring of pH (to prevent acid leaching of calcium from bones), while supplementing with cal... 17 Apr 2008 09:22

Fall Group_2nd Post on this topic
Hi: The NOF has a community board that covers this topic. I couldn't find any groups that are specifically for this topic, but they do discuss this a *lot* at the National Osteoporosis Foundation. This group has health care professionals that frequent it by posting, so if you want to join you could post under the... 10 Apr 2008 22:59

Fall Group
"alinzlicht(a)yahoo.com" <alaninzlicht(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:be357667-ba74-458f-9eaa-afdaab6b1d68(a)e67g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... Does anyone of a good and active, fall and injury group? Tried searching for it. This might be the place for it. I have suffered some totally ghastly fracture... 12 Apr 2008 06:11

Vitamin D lecture
Here is an in-depth online lecture 'Vitamin D Pandemic and Its Health Consequences'. The lecture was presented by Professor and vitamin D scholar Michael Holick in the 34th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues last year. http://www.uvadvantage.org/portals/0/pres/ -- Juhana ... 17 Apr 2008 04:24

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My husband had the radiation seeds implanted last year. Hormone shots and is still on Flomax. A lot of side effects..... shirleyann ... 5 Apr 2008 06:44

Fall and injury group for the elderly?
On Mar 26, 6:20 am, "alinzli...(a)yahoo.com" <alaninzli...(a)gmail.com> wrote: Please! Does anyone know of a good and active, fall and injury group for the elderly? Tried searching for it, but couldn't come up with anything. Prevention is easier and treatment is more problematic. Falls are often fatal in... 7 Apr 2008 20:28

Alfred Cutner
Alfred S Cutner, Gyneacologist practicing at UCHL, Portland & King Edward iiv Hospitals. On 26th April I was reviewed and placed on waiting list for surgery by a member of the team of the above. A recommendation was made at that consultation that I see a haematologist but no referral was ever made. Despite r... 28 Jan 2008 07:55

New research for osteoporosis patients in the UK - HL-243
New research for osteoporosis patients in the UK - HL-243 Dear Friend The Patients Connection is contacting you regarding a study we are conducting among osteoporosis patients and which purpose is to discuss osteoporosis treatments. We would like to speak to male patients, who are aged 50 plus and who tak... 17 Jan 2008 10:59

Chocolate consumption associated with reduced bone density and strength
"Juhana Harju" <nope(a)mail.fi> wrote in message news:5usc93F1joq45U1(a)mid.individual.net... Larry wrote: I doubt that this would affect bone density by that much (3%) in someone 70%-85%. Eating it when you are much younger in the "bone density forming years", perhaps. JMO. This was a cross-sect... 13 Jan 2008 10:05