“Grandma fell and broke her hip,” is the story we were told. She went into the hospital and had a surgery, but it was the beginning of the end. It...
Grandma Was Shrinking From Osteoporosis Growing up, a holiday ritual in our home was to line all the children up against the doorframe of the dining room and mark how...
Hollywood, magazines and fashion models seem to make a statement — and standard — that being skinny is beautiful. Many young girls who want to look attractive seem to think...
Osteoporosis is Not a Calcium Deficiency: What One Doctor Has to Say “Grandma fell and broke her hip,” is the fateful news we hate to hear. Even with a hip...
updated August, 2016 What is Vitamin D? Vitamin D is a steroid hormone, a group of fat-soluble prohormones, which encourages the absorption and metabolism of calcium and phosphorous. There are two...
What is Testosterone? Testosterone is one of a family of hormones called androgens. Best known for their masculinizing effects, androgens first kick into action during the embryonic stages of life....
Osteoporosis is the condition marked by frail, weak bones that have lost their density over time. But, time is not the only enemy. Osteoporosis can be accelerated by a poor...
Osteoporosis is becoming nothing short of an epidemic. Nearly 10 million Americans have osteoporosis and another 18 million are at high risk of developing it. Here’s a scary statistic: Women...
Declining fitness was once expected at about age 35 – now we know it doesn’t have to. Why grow old gracefully? Even though Ponce de Leon’s efforts to find the...
Joan Rivers is quoted joking about osteoporosis, “My bones click so much that dolphins try to pick up on me.” However, osteoporosis is no laughing matter! But, leave it to...
At what time in your life is fitness most important? Today. And it will be even more important tomorrow if health and longevity are your goals. We get away with...