Week In Health April 15, 2011 - EmpowHER


Week In Health April 15, 2011
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Professor and researcher at the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Dr. Chwan-Li (Leslie) Shen, recently found that Green tea and tai chi enhance bone health and reduce inflammation in postmenopausal women.

The experiment involved 171 postmenopausal women who had weak bones but not full-fledged osteoporosis....

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