OSTEOPOROSIS: The Myth of Diagnosis & the Reality of Prevention and Treatment
Comments and Summary
Ronald Peters MD
Osteoporosis is much more complex than most doctors would lead you to believe. Consider the following from the medical research:DEXA Bone Density Scan measures bone mass (quantity), not bone strength (quality) (Susan Ott, MD, specialist in metabolic bone disease University of Washington Medical Center)
- 54% of the 243 hip fractures occurred in women did not have osteoporosis (US Study of Osteoporotic Fractures)
- “BMD testing is unable to accurately distinguish women at low risk of fracture from those at high risk” (British Columbia Office of Health Technology)
- Of 7.8 million people diagnosed with osteoporosis, only 4.3% experienced a clinically recognized fracture (The Bone EVA study, Germany)
- 82% of women who fractured did not have a BMD diagnosis of osteoporosis (The NORA study of 150,000 postmenopausal women)
- after 6 years of treatment with bisphosphonates (Fosamax) – risk of fracture in those taking the medication was the same, or higher, that the group that took no medication
Hard Evidence By Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post, September 26, 2000,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/2000/09/26/hard-evidence/b34cd025-7898-4b7d-9fe6-7dee2dc241cb/ It may not be the disease women fear most, but that’s not for lack of publicity. In the past decade, a multi-billion-dollar industry has sprung up devoted to preventing, diagnosing and treating osteoporosis–thin, brittle bones that tend to fracture easily. That’s remarkable for a condition most people had never heard of 15 years ago.


MYTH #1
The More Calcium, The Better

