Patients (age >50 years old) with a diagnosis of osteopenia or osteoporosis who underwent primary elective lumbar fusions for degenerative disc disease, deformity or spondylolisthesis were included in the cohort. Repeated spinal procedures at the index lumbar levels were noted through chart review. Re...
Some physicians claim that health problems such as varicose veins, gallstones, hearing loss, high blood pressure and some muscle aches are the result of these calcium deposits. It make sense for anyone with Osteopenia or Osteoporosis to pay attention to magnesium intake.So how much magnesium shoul...
Remember, a ph lower than 7.0 is acid and your body will need to counteract that acid state. If your daily food choices are making your body acidic, and you have Osteopenia or Osteoporosis, you might consider making some changes. Add 'alkaline foods' and cut back on the 'acidic foods'....
Several studies have found reduced muscle strength, impaired balance, reduced physical capacity, increased fear of falling (FOF) and reduced QOL among patients with low BMD (osteopenia or osteoporosis) [3, 11–16]. However, the majority of the existing studies have included women with hip or ve...
The best way to define osteopenia is when your bone density is lower than normal. To be clear, this is considered a “precursor” to osteoporosis, but not everyone who has osteopenia develops osteoporosis. If you were to chart a normal healthy bone and a bone with osteoporosis, the density...
A retrospective study conducted in three of Midwest VA medical centers and clinics in US, concluded that fewer postmenopausal schizophrenic females received a clinical service for osteoporosis as compared to their control group. We hypothesized that neither the psychiatrists nor the primary care ...