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...Maybe supplements work best in people who need them most. Finally, the women were on the chunky side, which also protects bones. With all those caveats in mind, however, it seems clear that the benefits of calcium and vitamin D supplements are small for most women and probably fairly modest even for those at greatest risk of cancer or bone loss. In addition, the studies found that women who take extra calcium have a 17% greater risk of developing kidney stones. Fortunately, there are other ways to increase bone density. Weight-bearing exercises help, and there are several prescription drugs...
...Blogs often cover specialized information, and while that information may not have mass appeal, it can be very useful to a modest number of people,” Dewey wrote in an e-mail...
...most of these are open questions. Osteoporosis is strongly influenced by genetics. One day we may be able to identify those at highest risk and urge them to take preventive measures. In the meantime, last month's Women's Health Initiative (WHI) report suggested that calcium pills offer only modest, if any, protection. I believe that supplemental vitamin D is more important than supplemental calcium. If you are getting enough vitamin D, particularly in early life, you should absorb calcium from foods efficiently. What is enough? I recommend at least 1,000 IUs daily taken with a fat-containing meal...
...Days--he has been awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant, praised by John Updike and Jonathan Franzen and compared (by this magazine) to Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison. So it's a bit of a surprise to find that his third novel, Apex Hides the Hurt (Doubleday), is a rather modest affair, slender and conceptual in nature. Wouldn't this be the moment, tactically speaking, to kick out the jams with a massive, world-electrifying tome? It's also a bit of a surprise to find that it's pretty...
...from translating the writings of French philosophers to working on a book, inspired by his father, on the prolific filmmaker Raoul Walsh. Conley’s larger project is to examine form and place, and how individuals locate themselves in the world. His sense of his own location is modest: in discussing his work as a translator, he smilingly states that “a translator has to have a small ego. The pleasure comes from the crucial decisions that go from one sentence to the next. The smaller the egos we have, the better the future of the planet...