calcium MIGHT increase heart attack risk

Patients are hearing calcium MIGHT increase heart attack risk.

Preliminary evidence suggests a higher risk of heart attack in older women who take calcium for 5 years.

Researchers previously thought calcium would have a BENEFICIAL effect...because it seems to improve cholesterol and blood pressure.

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