Topic: Framingham

Herb shows no added benefits for women's bones

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exercise may help older women maintain their bone density, but adding the supplement black cohosh to the routine does not bring any extra benefits, a new study suggests.Researchers found that among 128 postmenopausal women they studied for ...
To find out, Stearns and his colleagues turned to data from the Framingham Heart Study, which has tracked the medical histories of more than 14,000 residents of the town of Framingham, Massachusetts, since 1948 - spanning three generations in some families.. For ...