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All adults should take a multivitamin every day, according to a report published by two Harvard doctors in the Journal of the American Medical Association (2002;287:3127–9). This recommendation is based on research demonstrating that taking a multivitamin may help prevent a number of chronic diseases,...

Osteoporosis, a concern for a significant number of the women who come to my practice, conventionally has been thought of in two ways: a lack of calcium, and a deficiency of hormones as a result of aging. Women affected by osteoporosis are given several pieces of advice: exercise...

Study assesses the relationship between prevalence of osteoporosis and proportion of daily protein intake: Kim J, Kim B, Lee H, Choi H, Won C. The relationship between prevalence of osteoporosis and proportion of daily protein intake. Korean J Fam Med. 2013;34(1):43-48.   “Higher animal protein levels are associated with...