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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/new-study-depression-hurts-your-bones/">New Study: Depression Hurts Your Bones</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted November 29, 2007 at 04:00 PM by Katie Drummond</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">If you’ve struggled with clinical depression, you may be at a greater risk for developing osteoporosis, according to a new study by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) released on Monday. The study found that women with depression - even mild cases - had less bone mass than those whose mental health wasn’t a problem. And researchers say that the difference isn’t minor, but is actually on par with other risk factors for osteoporosis, like smoking, low calcium intake, and a sedentary lifestyle. “Osteoporosis is a silent disease. Too often, the first symptom a clinician sees is when a patient shows up with a broken bone. Now we know that depression can serve as a red flag – that depressed women are more likely than other women to approach menopause already at higher risk of fractures,”…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/new-study-depression-hurts-your-bones/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/new-study-depression-hurts-your-bones/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/new-study-depression-hurts-your-bones/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/new-study-depression-hurts-your-bones/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/injury-rehab/">injury-rehab</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>