Osteoporosis The Mis-Information Disease The Wrong Kind of Calcium Many people are taught to think of osteoporosis as a calcium deficiency disease. Nothing could be further from the truth. The United States has one of the highest rates of osteoporosis in the world, yet is one of the highest consumers of dairy products, which are noted for their high calcium content. It is not that Americans are not getting enough calcium; the problem is that they are not getting enough of the right kind of calcium. Dairy Products: Negative Calcium [...]

Fosamax The Drug That Kills Bone Cells To Produce Denser But More Brittle, Weaker Bone • Does Fosamax (alendronate) really prevent bone loss? • Is it safe? • Are there long-term studies? No Long Term Studies Two studies reported that the drug, alendronate, prevents osteoporosis in younger postmenopausal women with almost the same effectiveness as hormone therapy. (The New England Journal of Medicine, 1998; 338:485-492; Annals of Internal Medicine, 1998;128:253-261, 313-314.) Although these studies were published in well respected medical journals, it is interesting to note that they were funded [...]