Despite the benefits associated with long-term weight loss that are achievable with bariatric surgery, such procedures lead to abnormal bone and mineral metabolism. In a prospective 1-year study ...

What happens to bone-mineral density (BMD) in such women? Researchers randomized 489 women (age range, 65 to 77; mean, 72) to receive 3-year courses of HRT, calcitriol, both treatments ...