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" [...] how did this non-disease osteopenia get invented in the first place?
According to a National Public Radio report, it seems that one day back in 1992, a bunch of bone doctors were sitting around at a meeting in Italy chatting about osteoporosis, and more or less off the cuff came up with the term osteopenia to describe bone density that was somewhere between perfectly normal and very early osteoporosis.
The chairman of the meeting, Dr. John Kanis, of the World Health Organizations Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, told NPR that they created this bone density sub-category mostly because they thought it might be useful for public health researchers who like clear categories for their studies.
We never imagined that people would come to think of osteopenia as a disease in itself to be treated.
The Ethical Nag by Carolyn Thomas
http://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/
According to a National Public Radio report, it seems that one day back in 1992, a bunch of bone doctors were sitting around at a meeting in Italy chatting about osteoporosis, and more or less off the cuff came up with the term osteopenia to describe bone density that was somewhere between perfectly normal and very early osteoporosis.
The chairman of the meeting, Dr. John Kanis, of the World Health Organizations Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, told NPR that they created this bone density sub-category mostly because they thought it might be useful for public health researchers who like clear categories for their studies.
We never imagined that people would come to think of osteopenia as a disease in itself to be treated.
The Ethical Nag by Carolyn Thomas
http://ethicalnag.org/2010/02/06/osteopenia/
I hope others read the entire article also, even though Fosamax is discussed there and Fosamax has a troubled past.
I'm glad that you were able to stop a medication because of a dx of osteopenia.
I, myself, look upon osteopenia as a condition that is common in 'older' women as is menopause and diminished estrogen.
I do know coumadin keeps the calcium from being used by the bones so that might make it worse as I become more mature.