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According to the U.S. National Osteoporosis Foundation, one in two women and one in four men age 50 and older will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their remaining lifetimes. Even if this figure is a bit inflated, as we feel it is, low-trauma fractures are a serious health concern in the U.S. and in many other countries. In this newsletter issue we ask the important question, "How do we know who will fracture?" and we explore the frontier of fracture risk assessment. |
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How Can We Tell Who Will Fracture? Beyond Bone Mineral Density to the New World of Fracture Risk Assessment |
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Today it is well recognized that you cannot predict who will fracture from measurements of bone density alone. In fact, recent large studies show that a large percentage of people who fracture do not have osteoporotic bone density, but actually have only osteopenia or even normal bone density. Furthermore, many people with an osteoporotic bone density never fracture.
Extensive research now documents that there are many risk factors beyond bone density which contribute to osteoporotic fracture. Among the factors that are as important, or even more important, than bone mineral density include: history of parental hip fracture, previous fracture as an adult, low weight (under 125 lbs); current smoking, high alcohol intake, advanced age, rheumatoid arthritis and glucocorticoid steroid use (as prednisone). Read our full article and check out the World Health Organization Interactive Fracture Risk Assessment. |
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Bone Health Tip: Vitamin D3 or Vitamin D2-Which Is Superior? |
 Vitamin D3 has been found to be at least three times as potent as vitamin D2, and is more stable, safe, and useful in the body. Vitamin D3 is a natural form of vitamin D known as cholecalciferol. Vitamin D2, known as ergocalciferol, is not vitamin D at all, but a synthetic patent drug whose patent has expired.
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Events, Notices, and Links |
 We are very pleased to announce the publication of Dr. Susan Brown's latest article, "Vitamin D and Fracture Reduction: An Evaluation of the Exisiting Research.". The article is in the March 2008 issue of Alternative Medicine Review (vol.13, #1,2008). The full text will be available soon on PubMed. | |
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Best wishes for good health,
Susan E. Brown, Ph.D., CNS |
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Hi, I am Dr. Susan Brown, I hope you benefit from our feature articles, monthly bone health tips and links/notices. Please let us know what you think and share our work with a friend!
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We deeply appreciate donations from like-minded groups and individuals seeking to rethink the nature, causes and best prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. In this issue we give special thanks to the J.R. Carlson Laboratories, Bio Tech Pharmacal, the Indoor Tanning Association, the Natural Research Institute, and Nutraceutical Systems for their support of our ongoing Vitamin D Awareness Project.
The Osteoporosis Education Project (OEP) and the Nutrition Education and Consulting Service (NECS)currently sponsor the Bone Health E-Newsletter.
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