This week I discovered how painful it can be to change a habit. Not because it means admitting I was doing the wrong thing, but because it means analyzing how feeble my reasons were for the habit in the first place.
Ever since I started practice I’ve been recommending calcium supplements to post-menopausal women. Why? Mostly out of habit. There’s not a shred of evidence that calcium supplements prevent fractures, but some suggestion that they may help bone density. But what’s the harm? Ca...
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