Women entering menopause — especially those who have been very thin — need to be proactive about their bones, says Dr. Reichman. … How to prevent the Big O: osteoporosis …
I t is no wonder that most consumers and many doctors consider osteo- porosis a “women’s health” issue: More than 8 million women in this country suffer from it; it is often termed “post menopausal” osteoporosis; the only visible symptom is known as a “dowager’s hump”; and for years the only medical treatment was female hormone replacement therapy.
A large new study found no sign that vitamin D lowers the overall risk of dying from cancer, injecting a note of caution to the latest vitamin craze.