As reported here earlier, 4 decades of research support recommending that older people take “minimum doses of 1200 mg of calcium, and 800 IU of vitamin D (for combined calcium plus vitamin D supplementation).” (more…)

Researchers from the University of Auckland, in New Zealand searched for the effects of exercise on cholesterol, blood pressure, and body weight. (more…)

Medscape has published a case report of a woman from the Dominican Republic who was hospitalized with complaints of weakness, stomach pain, and frequent urination. (more…)

Dietary calcium and magnesium may protect Chinese women from developing type 2 diabetes, according to researchers at Shanghai Cancer Institute in China. (more…)

In postmenopausal women, calcium from dietary sources is associated with more favorable effects in bone health than calcium from supplements. (more…)

Women transfer about 200 mg of calcium per day to breast milk. Over 6 months, that could be up to 9% of bone mineral density.

Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro studied the potential of exercise to slow this bone loss. (more…)

A company called Quincy Bioscience sells a product containing aequorin (Prevagen) that it promotes as “the first supplement to address aging through the restoration of calcium-binding proteins.”

A reader asked what I’ve heard about this product, which contains aequorin (Aequorea victoria), a calcium-binding protein found in the jellyfish. (more…)

Some researchers have observed an association between higher calcium and vitamin D intake and a lower breast cancer risk.

Here are the results of the first randomized study to evaluate this apparent association. (more…)

 Dr. W. Steven Pray from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford has published a good review of calcium supplements for osteoporosis.

From that article, here are recommendations to ensure you’ll get all the calcium you bargained for. (more…)

 Aquamin F is a plant-based source of calcium that also contains magnesium, boron, copper, and zinc.

In this study, it was added to ongoing osteoarthritis treatment. (more…)