Word: holick
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Bone mass peaks around the age of 20 and declines over the years, so much that elderly bones can fracture easily. The consequences are not merely casts and crutches: about 25% of people with fractures of the hip die within a year because of complications, says Dr. Michael F. Holick, chief of endocrinology, nutrition and diabetes at Boston University medical center, and another 25% spend the rest of their life in nursing homes...
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