One of the major issues in the pharmaceutical industry and medicine these days is when do you treat bone loss? As we get older, we lose bone density and are more vulnerable to osteoporosis and the possibility of fractures. A relatively new diagnosis called osteopenia, or bone density that is below what is considered …
Category Archive: medical testing
Sep
15
Blood Pressure Monitoring at Home
Chances are that if you have high blood pressure, close to high blood pressure or you’re on blood pressure medication, your physician has asked you to track your blood pressure (BP) at home with a monitor. Recently, the American Heart Association (AHA) and a couple of other organizations made the same recommendation. A home monitor …
Sep
12
Heart Attack Risk Screened by Ultrasound
Here’s some information about a screening test using ultrasound images of the neck arteries that’s being used by many hospitals to asses a patient’s future risk of heart attack or stroke. Heart specialists have used the test, carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) for more than a decade to monitor the effects of exercise, diet or medications …
Jan
27
Tips to Prevent Claustrophobia for an MRI Procedure
I had my very first MRI procedure (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)this summer. The objective was to photograph my knee to confirm that I did, indeed, have a torn meniscus. As it happens the surgeon wasn’t entirely correct – I actually had 2 tears in the same knee. Who knew! A few days before the procedure a …
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