Osteoporosis

Fosamax and reflux contraindication
Been using Liquid fosamax for a year, since diagnosed with osteoporosis. My new GP is trouble by the fact that I have a long history of reflux. He says if I don't get it under control, he will advise taking me off all bio-whatever-they-are-calleds. That leaves me with Forteo (cancer risk) or the nasal spray (doesn'... 29 Jul 2007 05:51

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July 2007 monthly follow up: "Is melanoma simply a vitamin D deficiency cancer?"
TO: All melanoma researchers, doctors, and patients. Last month's post suggested why melanoma arises so much in moles. Well, are moles themselves vitamin D deficiency tumors arising at points of weakest circulation? After all, wouldn't a growing baby inside the womb be susceptible to periods of vitamin D defic... 24 Jul 2007 02:46

FGF-1 (yawn)
There was a news item yesterday which seemed too good to be true, concerning FGF (human fibroblast growth factor) from CardioVascular BioTherapeutics. The press release stated that: "FGF-1 was almost 20- fold more potent, on a weight basis, than parathyroid hormone (PTH) in stimulating bone formation in mice." Th... 18 Jul 2007 11:11

Nebraska is Low in D as is Finland
Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 25, No. 5, 395-402 (2006) Published by the American College of Nutrition Vitamin D Status in a Rural Postmenopausal Female Population Joan M. Lappe, PhD, RN, K. Michael Davies, PhD, Dianne Travers-Gustafson, MS, RN, CS and Robert P. Heaney, MD Creighton Unive... 13 Jul 2007 07:40

Fact gathering about osteoporosis in older men (e.g., me)
I posted this to Sci.Med and was referred here... In a recent X-ray for a shoulder problem, the orthopedist noticed osteopenia/osteoprosis and for the last few years, my glucose tests have been borderline. At 63, this is the first time I've heard this and I'm trying to fathom why, since I don' t meet most ... 18 Jul 2007 13:16

This time the posting is on middle eastern women and vitamin D2
When reading the following article here are some things to "remember." First, the optimal 25-OH-vitamin D level is at least 75 or 80 nmol/L. Indeed, some suggest 100 nmol/L and others suggest 125 nmol/L as useful goal points to reach. Second, others workers have shown that when a single large dose of vitamin... 6 Jul 2007 02:56

High Vitamin D Supplementation May Be Needed for Women in Middle East
High Vitamin D Supplementation May Be Needed for Women in Middle East -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This following piece suggests to me that people should expose more skin the just their face and arms to the sun. And further, I wonder if people ba... 6 Jul 2007 02:56

Vitamin K: The coagulation vitamin that became omnipotent.
1: Thromb. Haemost. 2007 Jul;98(1):120-5. Vitamin K: The coagulation vitamin that became omnipotent. Cranenburg EC, Schurgers LJ, Vermeer C. Department of Biochemistry, University of Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. E-mail: c.vermeer(a)bioch.unimaas.nl. Vitamin K, discovered... 15 Aug 2007 01:01

Therapeutic effect of dietary boron supplement on retinoic acid-induced osteoporosis in rats
1: Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2006 Dec;26(12):1785-8. [Therapeutic effect of dietary boron supplement on retinoic acid-induced osteoporosis in rats] [Article in Chinese] Xu P, Hu WB, Guo X, Zhang YG, Li YF, Yao JF, Cai QK. Department of Orthopedics, Xi'an Red Cross Hospital, Xi'an 710054, China. ... 1 Jul 2007 05:48