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In over 25 years in clinical practice, I’ve seen a LOT of pregnant women. In the course of our con

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Pioneering vitamin D researcher Dr Cedric Garland had an extraordinary message to deliver to delegat

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Updated 3 October 2022 Bone mineral density (BMD) scanning using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Yes, you read that right! The dairy, nutritional supplement and pharmaceutical industries, not to me

Updated 1 February 2021 In Part 1 of this special series on covering recently-published research

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Updated 22 February 2021 Over the last few months, I've been collecting numerous medical journal

With roughly one quarter of Australian women aged 18-49 using the oral contraceptive pill, and aroun

A massive Danish study has sounded alarm bells about the effect of hormonal contraceptives (incl

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