Boning up on blacks’ risk for osteoporosis
By Dawn Turner Trice
If you take your cues from advertisements that tout medicines for thinning bones, you might think that the face of osteoporosis is that of a middle-aged white or Asian woman whose body type is similar to actress Sally Field’s.
But that’s not a completely accurate picture, says [...]
A dangerous misconception is African Americans are not at risk for osteoporosis, osteopenia and poor bone health. As a result, osteoporosis is under recognized and undertreated in the African American community. The silent disease, as osteoporosis is frequently referred, becomes even more dangerous in a population where it is not suspected.
Dr. Claudette Macklin, Internal Medicine [...]
Osteoporosis, which affects more than 2 million Illinois residents, is called the “Silent Disease,” because there are no warning symptoms before it’s too late. Unfortunately, more than 50 percent of women and 25 percent of men more than 50 years of age will suffer from a bone fracture during their remaining lifetime as a result [...]
In this video, Dr. Sam Ramsey, Director of the WorkRight facility in Alsip, affiliated with MetroSouth Medical Center, discusses the most common injuries seen in his facilities. Musculoskeletal injuries, includiing back, neck, shoulder, knee, wrist and ankle injures are the most common. Narrowing the field down further, Dr. Ramsey explains that low back [...]
MetroSouth Medical Center opened a dedicated work injury treatment facility in Alsip, Illinois at the end of October, 2010. The facility, lead by Dr. Sam Ramsey, offers treatment for work injuries, employment physicals, fitness for duty exams, functional capacity evaluations, on-site x-ray, physical therapy, vision testing, cardiac stress tests, pre-placement drug screening, rapid drug [...]
MetroSouth Medical Center officially opened it’s new dedicated work injury facility in Alsip on October 27, 2010. The highly-anticipated facility, located at 4800 W. 129th Street in Alsip, Illinois is a state-of-the-art facility lead by a team of highly experienced occupational medicine physicians and allied specialists. Dr. Sam Ramsey, Medical Director for the facility, brings [...]
