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The Beauty Spotlight Team’s October Tips
Friday, 21 October 2022
by Hilda
Hi everyone. It is time for The Beauty Spotlight gang to bring you their top tips this month. I hope you find something of interest. Today (October 21st) is World Osteoporosis Day. And every year, The Irish Osteoporosis Society runs a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of taking care of bone health. This
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Looking After Bone Health is Important at Every Age
Sunday, 14 November 2021
by Hilda
Bone Health has been in the news recently because of World Osteoporosis Day. I am aware of it for many reasons: 1 Following a diagnosis of osteopenia in 2016, I decided to do some research and educate myself. 2 I followed that up by writing a blog post about how to look after our bone
- Published in Lifestyle & Leisure
Make no bones about it
Friday, 04 March 2016
by Hilda
So my Dexa Scan results came back and I have borderline osteopenia which means that my bone mineral density is lower than “normal” for a woman of my age. My doctor has recommended calcium and vitamin D supplements, told me to drink Super Milk and to take weight-bearing exercise every day for thirty minutes and
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“Them bones, them bones, need calcium”
Friday, 22 January 2016
by Hilda
Did you know that 1 in 2 women over the age of 50 will get osteoporosis (thinning of the bones), according to Dr Moira O’Brien of the Irish Osteoporosis Society? I certainly did not think that the risk was as high. Having had an early-ish menopause at 48 and with the added risk factor of
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