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Health

A Healthier, More Satisfying Second Half of Life: Bone Health

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
This is the eighth in our series (40 Things for Every Woman in Her 40s) of Medical Monday articles intended to be useful to all our readers, but pointed especially toward those in their 40s — that in-between decade in which hormonal change has begun but fertility is still possible. This week the focus is on musculoskeletal health.
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General Medical

Dr. Susan Thys-Jacobs: On Fighting Calcium Loss

By Susan Thys-Jacobs, M.D.
Dear Dr. Thys-Jacobs, I am 52 years old and have just had my first bone density test.  I am 5’6″ and weigh 115 pounds.  I exercise a lot and am careful about my diet. I do not smoke and I do not drink alcoholic beverages.  There is a family history of kidney stones so I have never taken any calcium…
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Arts & Culture · News · Politics

News Brief: Louise Gluck Wins Wallace Stevens Prize; Bad News on Osteoporosis Drug; MORE Magazine’s Michelle Obama Cover

By Womens Voices for Change
The poet must be flying: We thought that former Poet Laureate Louise Gluck, 65,  had already gotten every literary prize out there. But that was before we learned she’d scored the Academy of American Poets’ $100,000 Wallace Stevens Prize, for a lifetime of “outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.”  Academy chancellor Robert Pinsky said as the award…
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News

DailyNewsMix:Cindy McCain Reports From Rwanda; Bone Density News Comes in Twos; Second Careers Via Nonprofits

By Womens Voices for Change
Look to the women, says McCain: Cindy McCain, that is. While her husband’s political opponent charmed the media with his cross-country trip, the founder and funder of the American Voluntary Medical Team was visiting Rwanda, too often known simply for the 1994 genocide that has scarred its people. Brought there by Women for Women International,  McCain writes in the Wall…
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General Medical · Health · Menopause

10 Ways to Improve Bone Health Without Drugs

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD | bio Now listen: The last thing you want to deal with in the glorious New Menopause is brittle bones. The good news? You don’t have to. Most of us can actually improve bone density without drugs by taking some common sense steps, along with a few less obvious strategies: 1. Cut alcohol consumption. We…
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