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Some Breast-Feeding Moms Risk Osteoporosis

by Amy Hatch, Posted Oct 26th 2010 2:30PM

Switching from breast to bottle after a few years could save your bones. Credit: Getty Images
If you're still breast-feeding your 3-year-old, you might want to reconsider. A new study shows that moms who engage in extended breast-feeding, ...Breast-feed today, break a hip down the road?
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Skinny Kids Should Exercise to Create Strong Bones

by Reggie Reyes, Posted Apr 5th 2010 10:35AM

Dear Reggie, I have a 13-year-old daughter who is occasionally active. Several days a week she plays at recess and lunch time with her friends at school. Other days she enjoys sitting around and hanging out with her friends. Whenever she plays sports ...
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How to Optimize Your Child's Bone Health

by Karla Heintz, Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:30PM

Dear Karla, I grew up with the message that I had to drink lots of milk so that I'd get enough calcium for healthy, strong bones. I know that in today's society, dairy items are not necessarily as popular as they once were, and my family does not ...
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Life in the womb helps to predict health of child

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 21st 2006 2:30PM

As if harboring another life within our bodies for approximately nine months is not enough of a feat in itself, research indicates that the womb enivironment for that small being could predict a child's well being later in life. It is not enough to ...
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Benefits of Vitamin D for moms

by Heather Craven, Posted Jun 13th 2006 4:35PM

It looks like many moms might want to add Vitamin D to their lists of must have vitamins. Recent research has shown that Vitamin D ease aches and pains, strengthen bones, might slow down cancer and prevent diseases as varied as Type 1 diabetes, ...
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Protect your baby from osteoporosis

by Keith McDuffee, Posted Jan 27th 2006 7:01AM

Concerned about your unborn child getting osteoporosis when he or she gets older? Probably not the first concern on your mind during your pregnancy, but an easily preventable one nonetheless. A recent study showed that if a pregnant mom didn't get ...
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