To all men over age 50: At your next annual physical checkup visit, ask your doctor to check your height. If you have lost about one inch or more in the past year, you may have male osteoporosis, and is a very noticeable sign. Osteoporosis is not just a “woman’s disease”. Although osteoporosis is typically […]

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If you have arthritis, you know about the term “bone on bone”. We tell patients that you cannot grow new cartilage once it is destroyed, whether from over or repetitive use, the natural aging process, or injury. Stories about stem therapy being used to treat osteoarthritis, an aggressive degenerative form of arthritis, are popular on […]

Gary V. Gordon, MD, FACP, FACR, Chief of Rheumatology, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA received the 2018 Rheumatologist of the Year Award from The Arthritis Foundation. He is pictured with Holly Maddams, Executive Director of the Arthritis Foundation, Eastern PA. Dr. Gordon was honored on October 5, 2018 at The Arthritis Foundation’s Bone Bash, held at […]

Gout is a disease that has literally been known to man, since antiquity. Gout was historically known as “the disease of kings” or “rich man’s disease” especially during the Depression, because it was thought to be caused by a “rich” diet, heavy in meat.  The first documentation of gout was from Egypt in 2,600 BC, […]

Drug costs continue to rise and Americans continue to feel the pain in their wallets. A nationally representative Consumer Reports survey of almost 1,200 adults who currently take a prescription drug, found that high costs are forcing people to cut back on housing or groceries, stay in jobs longer-delaying retirement, stay in jobs they cannot […]

As rheumatologists, how many times a week do you think we see patients in our office, and the first words we hear are, “Oh, my aching back!” or “My back went out, and I have no idea what I did.” A LOT! Optimally, we should be able to comfortably stand up straight and walk down […]

Everybody wants to maintain optimal height during their adult lifetime. But height loss is a common part of the aging process. We may notice tall elderly people with great posture, but unfortunately, they are a distinct minority. There are two kinds of height loss. All of sudden at a doctor’s office visit, you find out […]