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About Us
OsteoEd is a non-commercial educational web site that provides evidence-based information for students, residents and primary care providers. Learning resources include practice cases, common questions, and DXA interpretation exercises.
This site is funded through a gift to the University of Washington School of Medicine from Dr. Hal Bergen in memory of his wife, Marjory, who died of complications of osteoporosis.
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WEGO Health, a team of expert researchers and community members, has awarded Osteoed.org as a Recommended Resource. This signifies their recognition of our site as one of the best resources on the Web for osteoporosis information.
Editors
Authors
| Author | Case |
|---|---|
| Barak Gaster, MD | Fall Prevention |
| Christopher Knight, MD | Following Changes in Bone Density |
| D.C. Dugdale, MD | Male Osteoporosis |
| Deborah Greenberg, MD | Exercise in Osteoporosis Prevention |
| Eliza Sutton, MD | Estrogen Therapy |
| Hayley Miller, MD & Heidi Powell, MD | Thiazide Diuretics |
| Heidi Powell | COM-July 2009 |
| Heidi Powell, MD | Fracture Risk Assessment Teriparatide Calcitonin Bisphosphonates Vitamin D Deficiency SERMs in Osteoporosis |
| Kim O'Connor, MD | Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (Depo-Provera, DMPA) Effects on Bone Mineral Density Acute Vertebral Compression Fracture |
| Laurel Desnick, MD | Risk Factors Whom to Screen |
| Mara Lang, MD | Corticosteroid-Induced Osteoporosis |
| Mary B. Laya, MD, MPH | Bone Density Measurement Basics |
| Nancy Simon, MD, MPH | Female Hypogonadism |