Sad but true: Women are still woefully underrepresented in medical research studies, despite 20 years of work to right this wrong. Not only does this practice put women’s health at […]
Author: Mary Jane Horton
Mary Jane Horton has been a writer/editor for 30 years. She began her career contributing to jewelry industry publications, such as Executive Jeweler and National Jeweler, while still earning her journalism degree at New York University. After college she started writing in the burgeoning health and fitness field for such magazine as Fit, Runner’s World and Slimmer. She traveled the world for a few years writing for Fodor’s guides, Meeting and Conventions, Travel Agent, Successful Meetings, Diversion and other publications. She was a stringer for Time magazine for several years and has written for Ms., Shape, Prevention, Living Fit, Woman’s Day special interest publications, Vegetarian Times and many other publications. In the early mid-90s, after having 2 children, she found her true calling at Fit Pregnancy magazine. First as associate editor and then as articles editor, she became passionate about giving women the best start possible – physically and emotionally – for the most important job of their lives. Now she is editor in chief of Plum magazine, a health and lifestyle magazine for women over 35.
Bone Loss Drugs: Good, Bad or Ugly?
This week, two studies presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ annual meeting suggest the drugs might adversely affect bone quality and increase risk of atypical fractures of the femur, or the main bone in the thigh, when used for four or more years.