A new study indicates that daily use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a common class of antidepressant, may increase the risk of fracture in people over 50.
“Other studies have pointed to this [link], but our study confirms it,” says David Goltzman, MD, one of the study’s authors. Goltzman is director of the Centre for Bone and Periodontal Research at McGill University in Montreal.

UK dental experts have developed software that can screen dental x-rays for signs of osteoporosis in women, reports WebMD:
“The value of our method is that dentists take millions of these X-rays every year for ordinary dental reasons and they contain useful information that isn’t being used,” [one of the programmers] says.
“People may be apparently healthy and never visit their family doctor, but often regularly go to their dentist for checkups.”
The software isn’t yet available to dentists, but it’s in the works. Next time you get your teeth cleaned (and you do go to the dentist regularly, right?), ask your …read more

In addition to building strong bones and staving off osteoporosis, adequate calcium intake can also help you maintain muscle tone and function, activate enzymes that help your cells function normally, and reduce the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension. A more complete list of the benefits of calcium is available here.
According to the National Institutes of Health Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet,
Because bone loss, like bone growth, is a gradual process, the stronger your bones are at age 30, the more your bone loss will be delayed as you age. Therefore, it is particularly important to consume adequate calcium and vitamin D …read more