Show ouri May a Aid 1 Bone Disease Women growing older in Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- cities with populations of more than may find that they do not suffer from that debilitating bone condition os os- os For Connecticut law now makes it mandatory that such cities fluoridate their wa water wa- wa ter and ter and fluoridation may be as asgood asgood asgood good for ma mamas mama's mas ma's and grand grandmas grandma's mas ma's bones as it is for juniors junior's teeth HARVARD researchers re reported reported reported re- re ported recently that markedly fewer women in a rural area of North Dakota where the water was relatively higher in fluoridation fluoridation fluoridation dation had osteoporosis than women living in a similar community community com com- munty where the water was less highly fluoridated Osteoporosis is a thinning of the density of the bones and it develops generally in menopausal menopausal menopausal meno- meno women Fractures loss lossin in height and back pain are associated with osteoporosis |