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Osteoporosis (Treatment)
Low Estrogen Levels May Prevent Fractures Without Negative Effects
September 28th, 1998
In a recent University of California San Francisco study, researchers found that very low levels of estrogen -- much lower than women currently achieve from taking hormone supplements -- may prevent bone fractures in post-menopausal women without causing adverse effects associated with estrogen therapies, such as uterine cancer and bleeding. According to the UCSF study, called "The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures" and published in the September 10, 1998, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, women who retain low, but detectable, levels of their own estrogen after menopause have a much lower risk of suffering hip and spine fractures than one-third of the U.S....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (1998-09-28)
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