My mother had her thyroid removed in her early 50s and took a thyroid replacement medicine for the last 30 years of her life. The sticker on the side of the bottle said to take it in the morning on an empty stomach, but she would often forget and eat breakfast before she realized that …
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Q: My doctor told me I may not need my calcium supplement. Don’t I need to take calcium pills for my bones? Last fall, my 75 year old next door neighbor fell down 3 steps, shattering her left ankle into tiny pieces which were painstakingly put back together during a 5-hour surgery. She has osteoporosis, …
Osteoporosis is a condition of weak bones, which makes them more likely to break. Ten million Americans have osteoporosis and 44 million have thinning bones, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), a health organization dedicated to preventing osteoporosis and broken bones though awareness, education and research. In the United States, one out of every …