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Current Issue - January 2017. Act early to counter rise in osteoporosis. Recent studies indicate that late-life bone resiliency has been eroding, and newly released guidelines suggest diagnostic and treatment strategies to counteract that slide among women. Feeding nutrition into your practice. We should encourage exercise, but how can we be successful.