S1 Ep61: BONING UP ON BONE HEALTH: Part 2

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/ Episode 2: Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again! Episode 12: Your Muscles on Menopause with Amanda Thebe Episode 21: Say Yes! to Testosterone for Women Episode 31 The TRUTH About Hormone Therapy: Does it CAUSE or Does it PREVENT Breast Cancer? Episode 59- Boning Up on Bones: Part 1 with Dr. Kristi Tough DeSapri Hot Flash Hell : A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat 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. Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News , and has been seen on The Today Show , Good Morning America , The Oprah Winfrey Show , CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20 , and World News Tonight . She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. Instagram @DrStreich Twitter @DrStreicher Facebook @DrStreicher YouTube DrStreicherTV Books by Lauren Streicher, MD Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina - A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain Hot Flash Hell : A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat Sex Rx - Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy