European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                16 the stars and stripes August 1985 consumer watch boning up on Calciu by Mary Neth consumer editor Are most women who dont take Calcium supplements doomed to be Bent and Dwarf like in old age during the past few american magazines have been heavy on articles stressing the need for extra Calcium in the female the word has been that women have a greater need of this Bon building Mineral than is this just another misguided health fad not according to Theodore chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at the air Force Hospital in if you look at a hip fracture Ward made up of people in their late 60s and nine out of 10 will be women Are much More prone to osteoporosis than osteoporosis is a disease associated with loss of As it the Bones lose their density and become Brittle and Are easily Yurkosky considers it potentially it is not a disease that will cause sudden he it can Lead to other conditions that can be using a hip fracture in later age As an he notes that months and months of immobilization can Lead to serious such As a urinary tract or Overall infection due to if you Are diagnosed As having abnormal Bone you already have a significant says the Only thing to do is to prevent it from getting worse and to be More you have to learn How to avoid How to avoid anything that might cause a older people dont fall and fracture their he their hips Are sometimes so weak that they fracture by causing the people to stagger and some people have a loss of stature because of they become Shorter and Shorter As the Backbone collapses on he Why Are women More prone to become victims of this disease there is no clearcut it is that an increase of the hormone oestrogen can reverse the rate of Bone How it works to do that has not been Yurkosky believes that oestrogen can be part of the prevention which also should include establishing a pattern of physical a8 to the need of a Calcium Yurkosky says it depends upon a woman age and her reproductive at a Young for a woman who is Active and has an adequate a Calcium supplement per be is not a woman who is should increase dietary Calcium by approximately half a Gram 500 milligrams a someone in the Post menopause should probably increase dietary Calcium the same Calcium is being lost from her Bone Structure at twice the rate As a Man the same the recommended daily allowance of Calcium is milligrams a Day for adults and milligrams for pregnant some scientists Are urging that that amount be increased to for women who do not produce there have been studies in the United states which have purportedly found that an increase of Calcium and together with Vitamin can not Only reverse Bone loss but increase Bone Yurkosky is he believes the Best to expect is a cutback of the rate of slowing it Down to i would not look for real As to hormone Yurkosky says there is no question that oestrogen replacement therapy can arrest the process of abnormal Bone it needs to be that other Maneu vers can work maintaining increased physical activity seems to be very if the Bones Are in put under the body seems to have a natural mechanism for reducing Bone in adding a Little Bone Bones Are alive and lose and gain in density in one he Points addition and subtraction of Bone material goes on Side by if you Are for your Bones Are not under stress and Bone loss will exceed Bone physical activity can slow Down Bone loss even after the stress Factor May be a reason Why thin people Are More osteoporosis prone than heavy we dont know whether it is body weight that is putting stress on the Bones that is causing them to stay cafes Catalon on Way the overseas edition of the cafes fall Winter Catalon will be available at most overseas exchanges by the end of the the 800page Catalon will feature old favourites like Llandro porcelain plus new offerings like cabbage Patch dolls and Western style boots from Lucchese and 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Calcium can cause stones to form in the for you could go 50 percent Over the dietary supplement amount but should not double the amount without along with the Calcium Yurkosky believes that who Are for some reason prime candidates for osteoporosis and those in the Early Par menopause should Start preparing for the possibility of oestrogen replacement and that preparation should include getting Over the Bias against use of the the Bias has been based on older treatment programs where High doses were Given on a longtime basis to women at younger to maintain the skin for that Type of oestrogen usage did add up to a real cancer he if lower doses Are used and the woman is the chances of cancer Are extremely no one is arguing that a cancer potential does not we Are arguing that when oestrogen is Given according to modern such a potential is oestrogen is not a but it is excellent to include in a prevention in my and i dont think i am i am offering oestrogen replacement to a wide patient i am prescribing the lowest dose to protect the Bones and relieve oestrogen in some oestrogen raises blood pressure a but usually that in itself does not constitute a reason to withhold once a woman is established on Yurkosky recommends that it be continued if she she will lose the Benefit she has