Vitamin link to bone loss probed
Scientists in Northern Ireland are to investigate if B-vitamin supplements can help prevent osteoporosis.
The University of Ulster scientists are based at the Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE) at the Coleraine campus.
They are recruiting healthy post-menopausal women, aged 45 and over, for the bone study.
Osteoporosis - loss of bone density, mass and strength - affects about three million people in the UK.
Source - BBC News
The University of Ulster scientists are based at the Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE) at the Coleraine campus.
They are recruiting healthy post-menopausal women, aged 45 and over, for the bone study.
Osteoporosis - loss of bone density, mass and strength - affects about three million people in the UK.
Source - BBC News
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