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(HealthDay)—For children and young adults with cystic fibrosis, adequate calcium intake plus calcifediol can improve bone mineral density, while alendronate can increase bone mineral density for some non-responders, according to a study published online June 2 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-bone-mineral-density-tx-effective.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:04:53 EST news289541087 (HealthDay)—Consuming higher amounts of calcium may lower the likelihood of precancerous colon and rectal lesions in people who are at increased risk due to variations in two genes, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-calcium-precancerous-colon-lesions-people.html Cancer Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:43:30 EST news284834572 Women who reported eating a diet rich in iron were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) than women who consumed lower amounts, in a study reported this week by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences and Harvard. It is one of the first to evaluate whether dietary mineral intake is associated with PMS development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-women-iron-intake-pre-menstrual-syndrome.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:00:01 EST news281090929 High intakes of calcium (corresponding to diet and supplements) in women are associated with a higher risk of death from all causes, but cardiovascular disease in particular, compared with women with lower calcium intake, a study published on bmj.com suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cardiovascular-death-women-high-calcium.html Cardiology Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:40:01 EST news279912123 A high intake of supplemental calcium appears to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) death in men but not in women in a study of more 388,000 participants between the ages of 50 and 71 years, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-high-supplemental-calcium-intake-cardiovascular.html Cardiology Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:00:01 EST news279197946 Today at the International Osteoporosis Foundation's Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, researchers from the National Institute of Nutrition in Hanoi presented a new research study that showed the benefits of educational intervention in increasing calcium intake and retarding bone loss in postmenopausal women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-community-based-nutrition-shown-successful-calcium.html Health Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:24:51 EST news274807448 Researchers at the Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) at Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School (HMS), have published a study that shows no evidence of a link between calcium intake and coronary artery calcification, reassuring adults who take calcium supplements for bone health that the supplements do not appear to result in the development of calcification of blood vessels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-link-calcium-intake-coronary-artery.html Health Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:20:58 EST news271524051 A low calcium diet is associated with a higher risk of developing a common hormone condition in women, known as primary hyperparathyroidism, suggests a study published on BMJ website today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-calcium-diet-linked-higher-hormone.html Health Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:30:03 EST news269791287 Calcium and vitamin D supplements are associated with high calcium levels in the blood and urine, which could increase the risk of kidney stones, a new study finds. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-long-term-calcium-vitamin-d-supplement.html Health Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:38:44 EST news259936718 Calcium supplements might increase the risk of having a heart attack, and should be "taken with caution," concludes research published in the online issue of the journal Heart. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-calcium-supplements-linked-significantly-heart.html Cardiology Wed, 23 May 2012 18:30:10 EST news257010909 Post-menopausal women are 35% more likely to suffer hip fracture if they take indigestion drugs, known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a figure which increases to 50% if they are also current or former smokers, suggests a study published today in the British Medical Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-women-indigestion-drugs-hip-fracture.html Health Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:30:01 EST news247247882 Most physicians instruct pregnant women to increase their calcium intake, but a new evidence review of potential benefits of calcium supplementation for mom and baby found none, except for the prevention of pregnancy-related hypertension. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-extra-calcium-pregnancy-benefits-hypertension.html Health Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:33:51 EST news237198652 A study led by University of Southern California (USC) epidemiologists suggests that a high intake of calcium causes prostate cancer among African-American men who are genetically good absorbers of the mineral. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-genetics-calcium-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:51:13 EST news235385458 (Medical Xpress) -- Older men and women consume less calcium through their diets than younger adults, and may need to adjust their food intake or increase their use of calcium supplements to prevent osteoporosis, according to researchers at the University of Connecticut and Yale University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-older-americans-sufficient-calcium.html Health Wed, 25 May 2011 14:12:23 EST news225551517 While moderate amounts of calcium (around 700 mg a day) are vital for maintaining healthy bones, there is no need to start increasing calcium intake in order to reduce the risk of fractures or osteoporosis in later life, finds a paper published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-daily-calcium-fractures-life.html Health Wed, 25 May 2011 04:02:58 EST news225514965