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2. The Risk of a Woman Suffering a
Hip Fracture
During Her Lifetime …
… is equal to the
Combined Risk
of getting
Breast,
Uterine &
Ovarian Cancer
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3. Comparative health care expenditures for osteoporosis, heart failure, and asthma
>$10
Billion
$7.5
Billion
$6.2
Billion
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CHF
ASTHMA
N Engl J Med
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4. Future Projections $50 billion
Direct costs of
Osteoporosis by 2040
$50 billion
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5. Bone remodeling The Skeleton is ... Under Construction …from Birth ...P a t h o p y s i l g
The Skeleton is
... Under Construction
…from Birth ...
Until Death
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7. Osteoporosis by looking at the teeth
You can not diagnose
Osteoporosis by looking at the teeth
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8. Testing Bone Strength
Oh, no
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9. Treatment Of Osteoporosis
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10. … the warning came
from the HERStudy
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11. … and reduced risk of Fractures?
Selective
Estrogen
Receptor
Modulators
… small increase in
Bone Mineral Density … Y E S
EVISTA
Raloxifene HCI
… and reduced risk of Fractures?
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12. Plant Estrogens (Phytoestrogens)?
… then, what about the
H.R.T Bar ...?
Plant Estrogens (Phytoestrogens)
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13. … and always remember ... … to stay up right …
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14. Calcitonin … no need for intranasal spray … for the bears
… comes with the meal
salmon
… no need for
intranasal spray
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15. Vitamin D
essential
Calcium
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16. Exercise
…. strongly
recommended
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17. Non-Surgical
Treatment of
Compression
Fractures
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18. PARATHYROID HORMONE Parathyroid Gland Thyroid Gland Trachea 9/18/2018
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19. Treatment of Osteoporosis
One injection of
Zoledronic Acid
a year ?
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20. Is there a link ? Atherosclerosis Coronary artery 9/18/2018
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