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How does getting your cataract fixed keep your hips strong? Well, it doesn’t….but it may help prevent you from falling and breaking a hip. A recent analysis in the journal JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) reviewed data on over 1 million patients and found a reduced risk of fracture among those who had …
Recently, there have been concerns that PPI (proton pump inhibitor) medications can lead to osteoporosis due to impairment of calcium absorption. It is thought that these potent acid-suppressing medications, used for heartburn (GERD) and ulcer, need to be monitored more closely. Although I am a fan of these medications, given the general safety record for …
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