Raffaella Goudie

There’s no cure for osteoporosis. But there is hope.

At the Endocrine Center, we believe honesty is the best and only place to start because it allows you to focus on what can be done. And when it comes to osteoporosis — a condition that robs your bones of precious minerals and causes them to become increasingly weaker and more brittle — a lot can be done.

Is osteoporosis reversible? That’s a complicated question with a complicated answer. Here, our team of expert endocrinologists takes a deeper look at osteoporosis treatments and how they work together with a healthy lifestyle to slow the progression of — and possibly reverse — osteoporosis.

Technically, once you have osteoporosis, you have it for life. It’s incurable. However, there are ways to prevent it, ways to slow down its progression, and — if you catch it early enough — ways to counteract it.

Preventing osteoporosis starts early in your childhood and continues throughout your life. It involves making smart choices for the growth and health of your bones, including a diet of calcium-rich foods, plenty of vitamin D, weight-bearing exercises, and limiting caffeine, alcohol, and smoking.

If you already have osteoporosis, we can help you slow or stop the progression of the disease with a variety of treatments.

However, there’s a point that lies between these two stages of bone health called osteopenia, or pre-osteoporosis. During this stage, you may be able to reverse your condition before it reaches a critical point.

When we test your bones for osteoporosis, we use technology called dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, or DEXA. It’s noninvasive and painless, and it usually takes about 15 minutes or so to complete.

This test allows us to determine several factors about your bone health:

We base these conclusions on the results of your DEXA test, which scores your bone mineral density compared to two populations: young healthy adults (your T-score) and adults of a similar age (your Z-score).

We focus on the T-score for diagnostic purposes. In general, if your T-score is a positive number, you have strong, healthy bones. If it’s a negative number, it means your bones have lost density and are weakening. Any T-score of -2.5 or lower indicates osteoporosis.

A T-score of -1 to -2.5 indicates low bone mass, which means you don’t yet have osteoporosis. Instead, you have a condition called osteopenia and a chance to reverse the trajectory of your bone health. It’s also possible to move from the cusp of osteoporosis (-2.5 to -2.9) to the osteopenia range, which may also constitute a reversal. Here’s how.

To understand how to change your bone health, you need to understand some key facts about bones. Your bones are alive, constantly replacing old cells with new ones and rebuilding themselves to remain strong and useful throughout your life. But somewhere around age 30, the renewal process slows down and can’t replace cells as fast as you lose them.

More than 54 million Americans suffer from brittle, porous bones, and most of them are women over age 50. Many factors contribute to bone loss, including health conditions, medical procedures, hormone imbalances, age, and lifestyle. Your ability to rebuild bone depends on what caused the loss in the first place and whether it’s possible to make a change at the source.

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Because of birds, 20 years ago, it was a dodgy proposition to grow your own cherries. Then came along a new dwarfing rootstock called Colt and a self-fertile variety called Stella and it became easier to grow your own cherries.

Today there are two dwarfing rootstocks available, Colt and Gisela 5. The choice depends on your soil and the type of cherry you would like to grow, whether a sweet cherry or a sour cherry. The ultimate height of trees on these rootstocks will be not much more than 8-10 feet, depending on depth of soil and soil quality. To cover this type of tree with a bird-proof net is very feasible.

However, there is one other point not to be overlooked; apply the nets when the cherries are still green. If you try to cover the trees when the cherries are nearly ready and the birds have had already a taste of the fruits, then the birds will make holes in the nets and the battle is lost.

Another important point is that cherry trees can suffer badly from early attacks of greenfly, black cherry aphids. This usually happens as soon there is new leaf emerging, right at the beginning of the season, well before blossom time (late April). Visit your garden centre and choose the most nature-friendly option to overcome this potential problem.

Growing cherries in pots has the advantage of keeping the tree small and making netting easier. Read an article about growing cherries in containers.

A good selection of varieties is available to cover the cherry season. Many of those varieties are self-fertile and therefore pollination should not be an issue. The trees will need to be staked, and they should not be planted in a frost pocket. However, make sure that you cover up your cherry tree with a double layer of garden fleece, BEFORE THE FIRST BLOSSOM OPENS! This is essential to avoid early spring frosts making your blossom sterile and making your crop prospects a disappointment. Leave some small gaps on the side for the bees to move in and out, as many varieties do better when pollination is performed with the help of bumble bees.

There are some ground rules which you have to adhere to, in order for you to get the cherries in the first place and not the birds.

Watch a video on how to improve cross-pollination on a cherry tree, using a milk bottle



Watch a video on how to control black aphid infections on cherry trees



Debt Equity Ratio for Banks

We know that Debt Equity Ratio=

Debts/Equity

i.e.

Long Term Loan/ (Capital+Reserves)

QUESTION 1

Whether Unsecured loan taken from directors, friends. relatives and related companies Debt or Equity ?

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Technically they are Debt ie. Loan

However while giving loans some banks consider it part of equity

Hence,Unsecured Loans lead to Lower Debt Equiy Ratio in this case

QUESTION 2

Following is Balance Sheet of Company

Calculate Debt Equity Ratio assuming Unsecured Loans as Debt

Calculate Debt Equity Ratio assuming Unsecured Loans as Equity

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