European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To your health women who exercise too much risk one loss o by William Stockton new York times be of the nagging doubts created by the exorcise Boom is the possibility that All this Rushing about to the name of fitness Mihl turn Oul to be harmful Many years from now. That might seem unlikely Given he care with which most modern medical research is conducted. Aller All the evidence scorns persuasive that becoming aerobically fit has a number of positive to Hillh enc fits particularly in staving Oil heart disease. However. No one in Good conscience can be smug i 0ii Hie most serious Negar eco incl of Ido much of Orciso we arc speaking of the womb who exercise so much that their menstrual cycles shul Down a condition known As amenorrhoea. It search is showing that such women almost immediately begin experiencing a wasting away of their hones that apparently cannot to reversed if the  persists Long enough. Doctors now usually speak of irreversible Bone loss if the amino Rhea persists Lor live years or More. Estimates of 1he incidence of athletic amenorrhoea vary widely. Some studios of Young dancers have found incidence Levels ranging trom t9 percent to 1 percent. Incidence Levels in studies of College runners have varied widely Iho High being about 25 percent the amount of exercise can vary irom individual to individual but most experts speak of women who run Moie than 30 Miles a week. Other factors can also be involved including weigh loss and stress. The Bone loss is a Rogull of disturbances in the i male endocrine system marked by a deficiency of esl Rogon normally seen in women entering menopause. What makes this potentially grave for Young women hooked on the thrill of the Long run is thai they Are risking osteoporosis later in life a condition that causes Iragido Bones that fracture easily the dowager s Hump in which a Delor mily of the upper spine develops is a common result of osteoporosis. Fracul is among the elderly particularly a fractured hip and the rapid decline to death thai can result is a Laic thai May a Vait the determined female runner 40 or 50 years due i he Road. I think you could have a possible population of women 40 years or so from now who could have a