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Show cj h wm - 1 . Reach in your pocket 2. Take out some money. 3. Send it to the Red Cross for the San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake Relief. o Central Utah Chapter, American Red Cross, San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake Relief 865 North Freedom Boulevard, Provo, Utah 84604 (This Ad Contributed By Geneva Steel) SMITH DRUG CO. ywV An(i Y0Ur Health lfeT :? ' 10 S. Main "V' i Pleasant 1 G,0,e QU 7853221 David Faux, Pharmacist Osteoporosis: Prevention Preven-tion & Treatment Osteoporosis is a term used to describe protein and calcium loss from the bones, leaving them porous and prone to fracture. In older men and women this usually occurs as a result of a decline in the production of the sex hormones. In women the loss of natural estrogen can be significant. According to Dr. David Rudy, writing in a recent issue of Postgraduate Medicine, women typically lose two to three percent of their total bone mass each year after menopause for about eight to ten years. Estrogen replacement therapy, if started within the first few years of menopause, has been shown to slow the process of bone loss in women. Typically estrogen is taken for three weeks of each month. A progesterone hormone is prescribed for 10 to 14 days for many women. Doses of estrogen and progesterone overlap to resemble the natural release of these hormones. Calcium in the form of calcium cal-cium carbonate is frequently pre-CsTbcd pre-CsTbcd to strengthen bone sta ture Vitamin D may be pre enbed to aid the absorption of itZ into the b.oods.ean. Fluoride (the same u l0 prevent tooth c tain anabolic stero.ds also have been used to treat osteoporos.s. 1 Halloween ance & Party Live Band & Prizes! Fri., Oct. 27 Elkhorn Lounge 5?1W. State |