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New online resources stressing the importance of calcium for bone
health are now available for middle and high school teachers. The
resources are available through the Milk Matters calcium education
campaign, sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development of the National Institutes of Health.
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Oestrogen only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) reduces calcium plaque build-up in the arteries of women in their 50s, but should only be used for menopausal symptoms, and not to prevent cardiovascular disease, reported two newspapers (21st June 2007). In general the newspapers accurately reported the reliable findings of a well conducted study.
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New results from a substudy of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Estrogen-Alone Trial show that younger postmenopausal women who take estrogen-alone hormone therapy have significantly less buildup of calcium plaque in their arteries compared to their peers who did not take hormone therapy. Coronary artery calcium is considered a marker for future risk of coronary artery disease.
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Calcium supplementation cuts the risk of pre-eclampsia by half, reported five newspapers (21 July 2006). Generally the newspapers accurately reported the findings of a well-conducted systematic review, that the authors' state was based primarily on women of low risk and low dietary intake of calcium.
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This Web site was made possible in part by NIH Grant Number R43 DK70418
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