iStock Amid all the confusion about taking drugs like Actonel and Boniva to fight bone loss (there is evidence that these drugs can make bones brittle), we decided to rerun Mary Carpenter’s story from last fall about diagnosing and…
Tags: fitness, health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
…characterized vitamin D and calcium supplements as providing “nutrients critical to forming healthy bones.” An osteoporosis diagnosis begins with a DEXA or DXA scan that measures the mineral content of bones as an indication of bone strength. Those with bone…
Tags: health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
…and steaks in the freezer; rather they make their stocks from fresh meats and bones. But with the price of sustainably grown proteins, I feel that it is necessary to wring out every molecule of flavor from leftover bones. That…
Tags: Kitchen Detail, Nancy Pollard
…you had on hand remained with streams of settlers in the 19th century, and each group brought its own twist to the way barbecue is done Sawbones Become Sauce Makers As the labels hint, Bruce Wilhelmsen and David Heilbronner met…
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iStock DISCOVERING THAT the same drug targeted at halting osteoporosis—with its increased risk of broken bones—can over time cause those same bones to break serves as a warning: wait before starting a newly approved drug—for 10 years or…
Tags: health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
…bone broth offers it in liquid straight from the bones.) Along with cooking times, widely varying recipes—different animal bones, some with fatty marrow—affect nutritional properties, along with the smell, which can be unpleasantly strong like a barnyard, and taste. There’s…
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…in joints, ligaments and bones—which in turn leads to questions about when to seek medical help and what kind of doctor might respond best to odd complaints, such as a middle-of-the-night very hot hand. Neuropathic pain rarely responds to NSAIDS—one…
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…based on subjective criteria and mine alone to make. (The knee cartilage wore away years ago following arthroscopy and a meniscus repair, but mostly from arthritis and years of use.) For problems with the body’s skeleton, including bones, joints, tendons…
Tags: health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
…several different products. Great Lakes “bone hydrolysate” (red-printed label) comes from bones and hooves, preferred by some for the minerals; while for hydrolysate alone (green-printed label), collagen is extracted from the animals’ hides, explained in a call to Great Lakes…
Tags: health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
…table, and align the neck long and shoulders broad and strong. To investigate a cross-legged seat, tuck feet beneath shins to support opposite thighs. Keep the level of the knees below the hips by propping the sitting bones on a…
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…of the first book, A Morbid Taste for Bones, refers to bones of the relic variety, since the adventure revolves around a distant abbot’s quest to retrieve the bones of Saint Winifred in order to enhance the renown of his…
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…stresses you apply to your bones when jogging strengthen your bones and make them more resilient to injury. This result is important for post-menopausal women, who typically have diminished bone mass as they age, and women who move generally have…
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…even doggie dogs displaying their bones. The butler here in Chevy Chase, Maryland, is happy to serve his master pup. / MyLittleBird photo. A Georgetown student rental house put its ground floor to use, projecting skulls, even waltzing skeletons (next…
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…alignment, Rolf focused on fascia, the connective tissue composed of collagen and elastin that forms a “body stocking”—continuous layers of webbing connecting muscles to muscles and muscles to bones that extends throughout the entire body from toes to head. When…
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…dull weapons also damage bones and organs. Newer, better-targeted biologics—biologically engineered proteins—can get the immune system working normally “by turning certain cells and proteins of the system up or down,” according to verywellhealth. Because MS affects the nervous system and…
Tags: autoimmune diseases, health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
Museum-shop worthy: clockwise, a lucite bud vase, a Jean-Michel Basquiat melamine plate, patterned pencils and fabric bones for Fido. By Janet Kelly AS YOU hectically check off your holiday shopping list—Ugg scuff slippers for your daughter-in-law, a premium-label Scotch for…
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…you. Even if we wear shoes—rubber-soled or not—that don’t strangle our feet, eventually we all lose some elasticity and flexibility in the soft tissues—the tendons and ligaments. This can lead to increased stress on the bones, potentially causing them to…
Tags: Valerie Monroe
…night; while catching, locking or grinding sounds and sensations more likely indicate injury to the cartilage. So many muscles, tendons and bones converge at the shoulder joint—with each susceptible to its own damage leading to pain or impeding normal movement….
Tags: health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
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