date:Feb 22, 2013
issing, might cause problems, Britton added, according to a Michigan statement.
In the study, the male mice showed a significant increase in bone density after four weeks of treatment.
There was no such effect when the researchers repeated the experiment with female mice, an anomaly they are now investigating.
By 2020, half of all Americans over 50 are expected to have low bone density or osteoporosis, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. About one in two women and one in four m