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Recommendation: Test All HIV-Positive Men 50 and Older and All Post-Menopausal Women for Bone Loss

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Rebecca

Well I will be waiting to see if it actually does any good to put these guidelines out there. I am 51, long time survivor and I have broached the subject for years, since I have wasted away and my doctors still tell me "no u don't need one yet". Yeah RIGHTTTT!! My thigh is no bigger than a man's forearm but there is no loss of BMD". Anyway, I am hopeful maybe sometime in the future I will actually be given this test. I would like to KNOW before all the bone mass is gone.

October 7, 2010 anywhere, NC

Italian

The amount of daily sun exposure sufficient for maintaining vitamin D levels without increasing the risk of skin cancer is very simple; if you don't get sunburn you don't run any risk. And the natural Vitamin D that our body makes from the sun (or tanning bed) is much better than the chemical one (also because from the UV rays our body makes the Protein P53 which is a powerful anti-cancer element). I think that more than 1,000 mg of Calcium is dangerous, are you sure of this quantity?

October 6, 2010

Jesse

Checking for potential bone loss is fine, If one can afford the $100.00+ it will cost. My wife got one and Medicare refused to pay on it (even after two letters of appeal, and quoting page/paragraph of what is required by Medicare for them to pay it). Even tho' she falls directly into the category's of those who should get those check-ups. So, if you decide to get one, make sure you have the money, and don't bother with the Medicare 800 number people, they know squat.

October 6, 2010 Gaithersburg, MD

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