Osteoporosis affects older women increasingly. Can we really have a hunched over President with cracked bones?
And John Edwards isn't getting any younger...
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Osteoporosis is not a disabling condition for most women in this country with access to even the most basic health care.
It has not been for at least 40 years. The deficit of our leaders in not likely to be one of bone but one of education and commitment to the constitution and the people of the USA.
It is prevelant among the men as well.
It is NOT funny. How dare you make me have a guilty laugh.
Better that thanone without a brain or a lick of sense (present administration)
Is this the best you can do?
One of the greatest presidents ever was in a wheelchair, so even if this were any sort of issue (Hillary is only 59. While postmenopausal, not high risk yet), it is not an important one.
We managed just fine with a President in a wheelchair. Not an issue. If Sen. Clinton has taken care of herself, and she looks great so she probably does, then she won't be disproportionately at risk for it. This is really pretty lame. Have you ever thought about discussing her policies that you don't like instead of attacking her personally or don't you know enough about her policies to discuss them intelligently?
Appearances are the least of my worries. The lack of
a brain, conscience, and a love of hate from this president
has done nothing but divide our country & get our
young people killed.
I really don't think Hillary will get osteoporosis anytime
soon, she has the best health care maintenance on
the planet.
Ok Mr. Intelligent, men also get osteoporosis. Why don't you go back to your room, shut the door and blow some more white powder up your nose. Do the country a favor and put it up both nostrils at once!
Another idiotic, laughable ? from this psycho !!
Osteoporosis is a disease of bone in which the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone microarchitecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous proteins in bone is altered. Osteoporotic bones are more at risk of fracture. Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in women as a bone mineral density 2.5 standard deviations below peak bone mass (20-year-old sex-matched healthy person average) as measured by DXA; the term "established osteoporosis" includes the presence of a fragility fracture. While treatment modalities are becoming available (such as the bisphosphonates), prevention is still considered the most important way to reduce fracture. Due to its hormonal component, more women, particularly after menopause, suffer from osteoporosis than men. In addition it may be caused by various hormonal conditions, smoking and medications (specifically glucocorticoids) as well as many chronic diseases.
Diseases and disorders
There are many disorders associated with osteoporosis:
Hypogonadal states - Turner syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, Kallmann syndrome, anorexia nervosa, hypothalamic amenorrhea, hyperprolactinemia.
In females, the effect of hypogonadism is mediated by estrogen deficiency. It can appear as early menopause (<45 years) or from prolonged premenopausal amenorrhea (>1 year). A bilateral oophorectomy or a premature ovarian failure cause deficient estrogen production.
In males, on the other hand, testosterone deficiency is the cause.
Other endocrine disorders - Cushing's syndrome, hyperparathyroidism, thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, acromegaly, adrenal insufficiency
Glucocorticoid (Cushing's syndrome) or thyroxine (thyrotoxicosis) excess states also lead to osteoporosis.
Nutritional and gastrointestinal disorders - malnutrition, parenteral nutrition, malabsorption syndromes (e.g. coeliac disease, Crohn's disease), gastrectomy, severe liver disease (especially primary biliary cirrhosis)
Those with an otherwise adequate calcium intake can develop osteoporosis due to the inability to absorb calcium. Osteoporotic fracture may indeed be the event that leads to diagnosis that coeliac disease (which affects around one in a hundred people in the West) has affected the patient for many years.
Rheumatologic disorders - rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis
Hematologic disorders/malignancy - multiple myeloma, lymphoma and leukemia, mastocytosis, hemophilia, thalassemia.
Inherited disorders - osteogenesis imperfecta, Marfan syndrome, hemochromatosis, hypophosphatasia, glycogen storage diseases, homocystinuria, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, porphyria, Menkes' syndrome, epidermolysis bullosa, Gaucher's disease.
Auto-immune and inflammatory
Those who suffer certain auto-immune and inflammatory disorders are prone to have a higher level of cytokines in the body. The overabundance of these proteins increases the body's inflammatory response which may upset the balance of osteoblast and osteoclast activity.
Other disorders - immobilization, scoliosis
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Epidemiology
It is estimated that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 12 men over the age of 50 worldwide have osteoporosis. It is responsible for millions of fractures annually, mostly involving the lumbar vertebrae, hip, and wrist. Fragility fractures of ribs are also common in men.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/osteoporosi...
The AMA recommends Fosamax which creates Jaw bone cancer, bones become so brittle they break while standing or walking, etc..
The primary cause of all disease is lack of good water w/o floride or chorine, fresh oxygen, and heathy foods which no longer exist because of NWO eugenics as reported in the Cobden report, which emphatically states that the depopulation of the world by 85 to 90% is their primary goal!
INITIATIVE FOR ECO-92 EARTH CHARTER
http://www.wealth4freedom.com/population...
physical structure has no affect over a presidents leading ability i mean look at roosevelt he was handicapped from polio and he was a great president. it all has to do with ones mental health and capability, which should explain explain why our current president sucks (must of been from riding the white horse too many times in college)
I would be more concerned with the ability of a candidate to manage the executive branch.
Libs seem happy with an activist agenda...so Osteo is right up their health care alley...in fact, a president with osteo could cry with them on TV...
I can't believe that you just said that. Any man or woman could come up with any illness at any time. Could you not think of any other reason that you feel that Hilary should not become president. You must have a small mind!! I'm not even saying that I would want or not want her as President, I just can't believe that you even brought that up. I really feel that was a blow to all women and shame on you. Lets see you have babies, have a job, take care of the cooking and cleaning..Women have it tough. We don't get to sit back in the recliner and ask for a beer when work is over. We leave our job to come home and start another one..you pompus @ss.
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