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Joan M Lappe, professor of nursing and medicine,
Robert P Heaney, John A Creighton university professor, professor of medicine

¹Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA

jmlappe{at}creighton.edu

Bolland et al showed an increased risk of vascular events, particularly myocardial infarction, in healthy postmenopausal women receiving calcium supplements.1 2 We recently completed a similar study with a primary skeletal end point.3 4 We queried our database about the principal adverse events reported by Bolland et al.

We followed up 1179 women for four years, similar to the …