50s
What’s Happening – Menopause for Women The average age of menopause is 51. Half of all women enter menopause during their 50s. With the loss of estrogen support, bone breakdown increases and bone...
View ArticleNewborns: Birth to 1 Year
What’s Happening – Growth and Development The foundation for skeletal health is established early in life. Birth weight and postnatal weight are predictors of adult bone mass and skeletal size. Early...
View ArticleToddlers: 1 to 3 Years
Bone Health Tips for Your Toddler Your child’s diet changes with the introduction of many foods. Micronutrients, vitamins, minerals and trace elements cannot be made or converted in the body. With the...
View ArticleKids: 4 to 8 Years
What’s Happening – Growth and Development During middle childhood growth slows but is fairly constant until puberty. At this stage bone growth is more rapid in arms and legs than trunk. Leg growth is...
View ArticleTweens
What’s Happening – Growth and Development The preteen to teen years is a time of transition to puberty. However, chronological age is not a good indicator of the change to maturity. Not all children...
View Article30s
What’s Happening – Peak Bone Mass then Loss Unfortunately, there is no middle-age plateau. Once peak bone mass and skeletal maturity is reached, a slow loss of bone begins. Adults continuously remodel...
View Article40s
What’s Happening – Menopausal Transition for Women The dense cortical bone that makes up 80% of the skeleton is well preserved until the fifth decade of life. Cortical bone loss begins in the 40s. The...
View Article80s and Older
What’s Happening – Increasing Risk of Falls and Bone Breaks Falls rise precipitously at this age. Hip fractures occur with increasing frequency in both men and women as a result. Over 90% of hip...
View Article70s
What’s Happening – Increase Risk of Breaking Bones In this decade osteoporosis becomes a bigger issue for men. Men are about 10 years behind women in risk of fracture unless there are underlying risk...
View Article60s
What’s Happening – Bone Loss Bone mass continues to decline with age but at a slower rate than during the early menopausal years. The overall rate of bone loss for men and women is about the same....
View ArticleFDA Issues New Safety Alert for Miacalcin (Calcitonin)
FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) issued a new safety labeling change for Miacalcin (Calcitonin-Salmon) Nasal Spray and Injection. Tremors were added as an adverse reaction. The...
View ArticleCalcitonin in the firing line… linked to increased risk of cancer
News from the European Medicine Agency A committee of the European Medicine Agency, the Europe equivalent of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), investigated calcitonin and cancer risk. The...
View ArticleDr. Sally Ride: An advocate of bone health and science education
Astronaut Sally Ride, an American hero, lost her courageous battle against pancreatic cancer today.The post Dr. Sally Ride: An advocate of bone health and science education appeared first on .
View ArticleWhy Diets High in Salt Deplete Calcium
A Molecular Link Found Between Sodium and Calcium Loss The post Why Diets High in Salt Deplete Calcium appeared first on .
View ArticlePreventing the Next Fracture
One tough break leads to another. How do you decrease your risk of having another fracture once you have broken a bone?The post Preventing the Next Fracture appeared first on .
View ArticleCalcium: Are You Taking the Right Amount?
What is too much calcium? What’s not enough calcium? You may have noticed some recent media coverage about calcium. Confused? Don’t feel alone. How much calcium is a frequently asked question.The post...
View ArticleNew Medicine Option for Men with Osteoporosis Approved
The FDA approved a new indication for the use of the osteoporosis medicine, Prolia® (denosumab): "Treatment to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture." With this approval...
View ArticleThe Link Between Breast Cancer and Osteoporosis
Although the pink ribbon is ubiquitous throughout the year, October is breast cancer month. We will be getting reminders of this everywhere. Last night on Monday Night Football players donned their...
View ArticleWorld Osteoporosis Day: Stop at One
Half of people who break a hip have already had at least one broken bone. Less than 1 in 5 who break their hip are on treatment for osteoporosis. Approximately 80 percent of people treated in clinics...
View ArticleBinosto – A New Formulation of Alendronate is Now Available
Alendronate is the most common medicine prescribed for the treatment of osteoporosis in the United States. Alendronate is a generic medicine made by various manufacturers in a tablet form. Now...
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