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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/oral-contraceptives-may-not-be-the-answer-for-women-with-amenorrhea/">Oral Contraceptives may not be the answer for women with amenorrhea</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted July 19, 2007 at 04:30 PM by Katie Drummond</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">It’s a sad fact that anorexia nervosa is a common problem among young women, particularly female athletes. Not only does undernourishment compromise the athletic abilities of these young competitors, but, more importantly, malnourishment means the risk for early-onset osteoporosis, thanks to the secondary amenorrhea that tends to accompany low body weight. For years, medical experts believed that by addressing the loss of estrogen in anorexic or over exercising athletes, bone loss could be staved off until effective physical and psychological treatment took hold. As a result, thousands of women were prescribed birth control pills not for contraceptive reasons, but to boost estrogen levels that would trigger menses and potentially save their bones. Now, however, new evidence has emerged to disprove the theory that contraceptives can prevent osteoporosis, and it seems women who relied on birth control rather than boosting their body weight may not…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/oral-contraceptives-may-not-be-the-answer-for-women-with-amenorrhea/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/oral-contraceptives-may-not-be-the-answer-for-women-with-amenorrhea/">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/oral-contraceptives-may-not-be-the-answer-for-women-with-amenorrhea/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/oral-contraceptives-may-not-be-the-answer-for-women-with-amenorrhea/">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-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/body-image/">body-image</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/eating-disorders/">eating-disorders</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-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/special-features/">special-features</a><br /><br /> </P>