1. Brendan F. Boyce is at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
   e-mail: Brendan_Boyce@URMC.Rochester.edu

Abstract

Calcium deficiency in the elderly is associated with low gastric acid secretion and bone loss. A new study linking defects in gastric acid secretion with bone destruction and impaired mineralization bolsters the view that calcium supplements can prevent these bone defects—but do they all work (pages 674–681)?

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