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Hormone replacement therapy augments the influence exercise has on bone health.
2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hormone replacement therapy augments the influence exercise has on bone health.
"Osteoporosis is a major public health concern. The combination of exercise, hormone replacement therapy, and calcium supplementation may have added benefits for improving bone mineral density compared to a single intervention. To test this notion, 320 healthy, nonsmoking postmenopausal women, who did or did not use hormone replacement therapy (HRT), were randomized within groups to exercise or no exercise and followed for 12 months," said scientists writing in the journal Osteoporosis International.
"All women received 800 mg calcium citrate supplements daily. Women who exercised performed supervised aerobic, weight-bearing and weight-lifting exercise, three times per week in community-based exercise facilities. Regional bone mineral density (BMD) was assessed by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. Women who used HRT, calcium, and exercised increased femoral neck, trochanteric and lumbar spine bone mineral density by approximately 1-2%," reported S. Going and colleagues, University of Arizona, Department of Nutrition Science.
"Trochanteric BMD was also significantly increased by approximately 1.0% in women who exercised and ...
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