Thanks again Linda.... fascinating and sheds light on the info we were fed all those years ago, via 'that' study. BTW so many of my contemporaries (& me) are either osteoporotic or osteopenic. And I've often wondered why bone density testing isn't a standard screening procedure for women 45+ years or at least discussed by GPs alongside breast cancer screening, bowel cancer screening, skin cancer screening etc etc. Is it a government cost-benefit decision based on economics ?
Deb, you highlight such an import aspect. Exactly correct - for you and me and as you say so many of your contemporaries- we missed out on a decade at least of valuable protection of bones (and so many other organs) leading to possible osteopenia or osteoporosis. The reality is that bone loss does occurs with advancing age in most women - but a pity not having been encouraged to prevent or maintain bone density. For all my years in medical practice I advised my patients to screen with a baseline bone density testing from age 50.
Thanks again Linda.... fascinating and sheds light on the info we were fed all those years ago, via 'that' study. BTW so many of my contemporaries (& me) are either osteoporotic or osteopenic. And I've often wondered why bone density testing isn't a standard screening procedure for women 45+ years or at least discussed by GPs alongside breast cancer screening, bowel cancer screening, skin cancer screening etc etc. Is it a government cost-benefit decision based on economics ?
Deb, you highlight such an import aspect. Exactly correct - for you and me and as you say so many of your contemporaries- we missed out on a decade at least of valuable protection of bones (and so many other organs) leading to possible osteopenia or osteoporosis. The reality is that bone loss does occurs with advancing age in most women - but a pity not having been encouraged to prevent or maintain bone density. For all my years in medical practice I advised my patients to screen with a baseline bone density testing from age 50.