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Lively Women

May 25th, 2007

Once-a-Year Osteoporosis Prevention

Actress Sally Field is going to plotz when she hears about this new once-a-year treatment to prevent osteoporosis.  It makes her beloved once-a-month Boniva (ibandronate sodium) look like a pile of poo.
Ivanhoe Newswire reported earlier this month that annual doses of zoledronic acid (brand name Reclast) have been clinically proven to demonstrate a 70% reduction […]

By Kristen King -- 2 comments

February 1st, 2007

Over 50 and Taking Antidepressants? Read This!

A new study indicates that daily use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a common class of antidepressant, may increase the risk of fracture in people over 50.
“Other studies have pointed to this [link], but our study confirms it,” says David Goltzman, MD, one of the study’s authors. Goltzman is director of the […]

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