In the United States, there are 10 million women with OSTEOPOROSIS and 43 million women with OSTEOPENIA. Most of these women do not know they are at risk for a potential life-changing or even fatal fracture. My guest is Dr. Kristi Tough DeSapri, an internist with a specialty and expertise in women’s bone health.
This topic is in 2 parts. If you haven’t already, please start with Part 1, Episode 59, which focuses on WHY YOU SHOULD CARE about bone health, RISK FACTORS for osteoporosis, and SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS.

This episode will focus on PREVENTION and TREATMENT including:

What specific kinds of EXERCISE build bone and why CROSS TRAINING is important
The importance of BALANCE
Why women with INCONTINENCE and osteoporosis are at exceptionally high risk for fracture
If YOGA is good for your bones
How to get enough CALCIUM
If supplemental calcium is bad for your HEART
Why you should test your VITAMIN D and how much you need
If you have low bone mass (OSTEOPENIA) how to prevent further bone loss
Why ESTROGEN is beneficial for bones
The benefit of RELOXIFEN (Evista™)
If HEAVY METALS are beneficial?
Options to treat OSTEOPOROSIS
Who is at highest risk for FRACTURE
When a BONE BUILDING medicine is appropriate
When medications, such as bisphosphonates, that PREVENT BONE RESORPTON are appropriate
If OSTEONECROSIS of the jaw is something to worry about

For More Information

Dr. Tough DeSapri's Website
https://boneandbodywh.com
Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation:
https://www.bonehealthandosteoporosis.org/
Buff Bones:
https://buff-bones.com/
Bone Fit Training:
https://www.bonehealthandosteoporosis.org/bonefit-find-a-professional/

Osteoporosis Canada
https://osteoporosis.ca/exercise-recommendations/
Calcium calculator:
https://osteoporosis.ca/calcium-calculator/

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Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.

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