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Nov. 6 was a bleak day for Nastech Pharmaceutical. That’s when the developer of nasally administered drugs got ditched by partner Procter & Gamble, which canceled a collaboration between the two companies to commercialize an osteoporosis nasal spray.

Women have been told if they put on weight in their late teens, their chances dropped of getting breast cancer before menopause .

Dear Dr. Donohue: I often read of osteoporosis in your column, and usually the commentary is directed to women. I am a male, 80 years old, and have osteoporosis.