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...companion study found no beneficial effect on the rate of colorectal cancer. But those women were not at any particular risk of colorectal cancer. Other studies have concluded that men and women who have already had one precancerous polyp surgically removed from their intestinal tract develop fewer subsequent polyps if they take calcium supplements...
...fractures. And women over 60 suffered 21% fewer broken hips. A companion study found no beneficial effect on the rate of colorectal cancer. But those women were not at any particular risk of colorectal cancer. Other studies have concluded that men and women who have already had one precancerous polyp surgically removed from their intestinal tract develop fewer subsequent polyps if they take calcium supplements. The take-home message? Calcium and vitamin D supplements are no magic bullets, but if you're going to take them, try to take them every day. These latest studies, which are part...
...companion study found no beneficial effect on the rate of colorectal cancer. But those women were not at any particular risk of colorectal cancer. Other studies have concluded that men and women who have already had one precancerous polyp surgically removed from their intestinal tract develop fewer subsequent polyps if they take calcium supplements...
...last all we harborers of the insidious polyp can come out of the closet. We no longer live with the stigma of having experienced what was once one of the most dehumanizing treatments yet devised by the medical profession. President Reagan has freed us and given us undreamed of social status. Robert H. Shaver Bloomington, Ind. Mission to Mars...
...billion), predicts the home health-kit market will grow 27% annually for the next five years. C.B. Fleet's kits for detecting blood in the stool--a possible sign of colitis, ulcers and colon cancer --doubled after President Reagan underwent surgery in July for the removal of a polyp from his colon...