Just Amy, can you explain how this thread is male bashing please, because I don't see evidence of any such thing.

For women to discuss medical issues related to the ways their particular health needs have been addressed and/or ignored historically: by the historically male dominated medical profession; the historically male dominated pharmaceutical industry; the historically male dominated medical research industry, and; the historically male dominated political system which makes funding decisions which directly effects all of the above, isn't male bashing. It is self preservation.

There is a lot of talk surrounding this issue right now because of two factors, neither of which has anything to do with "the most recent study says...":

1) Huge numbers of baby boomer women have entered their menopause years, and we tend to be very vocal about our medical needs in ways no previous generation of women ever has, and;

2) The medical establishment continues to treat the normal aging process in women as a disease state, which makes it a much more lucrative a business for them. The medical establishment continues to push pharaceuticals and surgery as a "normal course of treatment" for women having ANY reproductive health problems after age 25, despite a paucity of good research to back up their claims.

Let's not forget, this is the same medical establishment that though thalidomide was a good treatment for morning sickness. But perhaps Just Amy, you are too young to know anything about things like that?

I'm curious to know what studies have shown that Scandinavians have a tendency for osteoporosis? I've never heard that, am Scandinavian, and we have no family history of it. We do, however, have a history B vit deficiency, which one of my mother's doctors claims is a so-called tendency among Scandinavians too.