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Nature Medicine 15, 610 - 612 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nm0609-610
Stomaching calcium for bone health
Brendan F Boyce1
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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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