May always reminds me of my mother, but not just because of Mother’s Day. May is also National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month. For the last ten years of her life, my mother suffered significant disability from having osteoporosis. People diagnosed with osteoporosis have thin bones. Their bones become weak and more likely to break. …
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My mother had her thyroid removed in her early 50s and took a thyroid replacement medicine for the last 30 years of her life. The sticker on the side of the bottle said to take it in the morning on an empty stomach, but she would often forget and eat breakfast before she realized that …
Q: My doctor told me I may not need my calcium supplement. Don’t I need to take calcium pills for my bones? Last fall, my 75 year old next door neighbor fell down 3 steps, shattering her left ankle into tiny pieces which were painstakingly put back together during a 5-hour surgery. She has osteoporosis, …
Osteoporosis is a condition of weak bones, which makes them more likely to break. Ten million Americans have osteoporosis and 44 million have thinning bones, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), a health organization dedicated to preventing osteoporosis and broken bones though awareness, education and research. In the United States, one out of every …
Q: On the bottle of my thyroid medicine it says to take it in the morning on an empty stomach. But sometimes I forget and don’t realize it’s still there until after I’ve eaten my breakfast. Is it safe to take it then? My mother took the thyroid medicine levothyroxine, and her prescription bottle said …
