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Calcium supplements increase heart attack risk in elderly

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05 August 2010

Doctors regularly prescribe calcium supplements to older patients in order to help prevent osteoporosis – but the medication could be a killer, increasing the chances of a heart attack. The supplements increase the risk of a heart attack by 30 per cent, irrespective of the age and sex of the patient, a new study has discovered. To make matters worse, another researcher – Prof John Cleland – doubts whether the supplements actually help to reduce the risk of fracture in the first place. (Source: British Medical Journal, 2010; 341: c3691).

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