A dentist refers a woman to an oral surgeon because she needs a tooth pulled. But upon reviewing her chart, the oral surgeon turns her away. The reason? She’s taking a common medication to treat her osteoporosis, a condition that causes bones to become thin, brittle, and prone to fracture. Many women taking these drugs … Read more
Data From the Health Outcomes and Reduced Incidence With Zoledronic Acid Once Yearly Clinical Trials Program John T. Grbic, DMD, MS,MMedSc,Dennis M. Black, PhD, Kenneth W. Lyles, MD, David M. Reid, MD, Eric Orwoll, MD, Michael McClung, MD, Christina Bucci-Rechtweg, MD and Guoqin Su, PhD Background. The Health Outcomes and Reduced Incidence with Zoledronic Acid … Read more
More Magazine–June 1, 2010 by Katharine Davis Fishman Late last fall I started walking like a penguin. The array of specialists I waddled in to see–the anesthesiologist, the physiatrist (a doctor who supervises physical therapy and rehabilitation), the rheumatologist, the sports-med doctor and finally the back surgeon–were baffled by my gait and the increasingly … Read more