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A high protein and calcium diet in pregnant women, together with normal vitamin D status, lessens bone resorption and preserves bone formation, potentially resulting in bone health protection during pregnancy, suggests a study.

Levels of the fatty acid binding protein 2 (FABP2) appear to be correlated with hot flushes in post-menopausal women, suggesting a role of intestinal barrier permeability in symptomatology, a recent study has found.

Among women who are deemed high-risk for pre-eclampsia by Doppler examination, treatment with low-dose aspirin appears to have no significant clinical benefit, a recent study has found.

The use of hormone therapy poses a small but significant increase in systolic blood pressure (BP) in postmenopausal women with hypertension, a study has found. However, this BP elevation does not lead to increased BP-lowering medication use over time.