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Osteoporosis can be devastating. In this condition, weak bones break easily.

Will taking supplements keep them strong? This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden.

For decades, we've been advised to take calcium tablets to make sure we have enough

to keep our bones healthy and strong. How well does that work? Is it better to try to

get the calcium you need from your diet?

Vitamin D is another nutrient critical for bone health.

But there are questions about how effective vitamin D supplements may be

for preventing osteoporosis and fractures.

What does the research tell us?

Coming up on the people's pharmacy, find out if calcium and vitamin D pills can keep your bones strong.

First, this news.

In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines,

A Strange polio-like illness is spreading around the country.

At last count, more than 120 suspected cases have been reported in at least 22 states. This condition, acute

flaccid myelitis, first appeared in California in 2012, a cluster of children with

weakness or paralysis of their limbs and neurological changes in their spinal cords had physicians puzzled.

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