Healthy magazine
Hi all just thought I would let you know that my daughter bought me this magazine yesterday from Holland and Barrett as there was an article on front cover 'Britain's Bone Crisis how to halt...
View ArticleGood job I like prunes!
Here's another interesting article - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818093048.htmThis site also carries another article on the green tea effect on...
View ArticleSAVE OUR BONES PROGRAMME BY VIVIAN GOLDSCHMIDT-ANY EXPERiences?
Hello folks,I have been researching about OP drugs,supplements and also natural treatments as I absolutely dont want to take pharmaceutical drugs and have come across this American programme .I have...
View ArticleBeds
I'm looking for a good bed for my 86 year-old father, who suffers from osteoporosis and recurring spinal fractures. We're thinking about an electric bed - the sort that would raise him up to help him...
View ArticleBuying supplements from USA
I have just been told that the VAT limit on buying anything at all from USA has been reduced from £19 to just £15 so anything above £15 will now be charged with extra VAT. Be aware when you next...
View ArticleProtelos in Spain
A friend who lives in Ibiza would like to know the name of Protelos in Spain - I know there are a couple of forum members who live in Spain - please can you tell me its name.
View ArticleVitamin D again, from the government this time !
Apparently in our government we have an [b]All-Party Parliamentary Osteoporosis Group[/b] ! I never knew that ! Anyway, I just read this good article about a report from them in the Mail:[i]Need not...
View ArticleNew issue of Osteoporosis News out now
Hi all, just to let you know, the new issue of Osteoporosis News has come back from the printers and has been sent out to members and on-line subscribers. If you are not a member and would like to...
View ArticleNew Bone Test Could Explain Atypical Femur Fractures after Long Term...
[size=7]New Bone Test Could Explain Atypical Femur Fractures after Long Term Bisphosphonate Use[/size] - http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bone-test-could-explain-atypical-065700881.htmlSANTA BARBARA,...
View ArticleAnother 'definative' list of alkali food
Looking at the US OP site I found a post to this site - http://www.energiseforlife.com/acid-alkaline-food-chart-1.3.pdf - so I read it. I thought it was very interesting as it was not about the PRAL...
View ArticleWinter 2012 issue of Osteoporosis News out now
Hi all. Just to let you know that the winter 2012 issue of the National Osteoporosis Society's Osteoporosis News magazine is available now. The magazine is sent out to members of the charity four times...
View ArticleGood introductory book for those newly diagnosed
Hi All,I have read the book on osteoporosis issued by the British Medical Association.Informative, clear and useful read for anyone newly diagnosed.PP
View ArticlePaper on treatment of fractures
[url=http://qjmed.oxfordjournals.org/content/97/2/63.full]HERE[/url]It's an old paper - 2004 - but relatively readable. What struck me was that it actually acknowledges that there is pain associated...
View ArticleOffice of Dietary Supplements
An American government site with some useful fact sheets including [url=http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Calcium-QuickFacts/]calcium[/URL]
View ArticleVibration Machines
HelloI've been reading through the leaflet provided by the society about the vibration machines. I have a quick question though - it mentions Juvent but I am sure I have read somewhere else that they...
View ArticleVitamin D deficiency
Has anybody seen the article in Daily Telegraph today- 8th April . I found it very interesting, but it did not mention my source of vitamin d3- VitD3deluxe 3000 ,a spray which is so convenient to...
View ArticleOsteoporosis a Disability
Need help for a friend that has been diagnosed with Osteoporosis and her employer says it is not a disability she also has osteoarthritis and cannot stand for long periods. Is her employer correct in...
View ArticleA new book to recommend
Following on from the link Lynne posted to an interview with Dr Kate Rhéaume-Bleue (a Canadian naturopathic qualified doctor), I bought her book and have already finished reading it. Fantastic ! Lots...
View ArticleVitamin D
Apparently November 2nd is Vitamin D Day ! www.vitamindday.netThere are several interesting pages there, but as it comes out of the US to translate US numbers into UK numbers you multiply by 2.5, for...
View ArticleCanadian Vitamin D Study
[url=http://www.cmaj.ca/content/182/12/E610.full]HERE[/url]It suggests that today's recommendations are based on work of more than a decade ago. In turn, that work had a lot of its basis in assumptions...
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