New evidence suggests that the drug tamoxifen may help reduce the spinal bone loss which is common in post-menopausal women. In a recent study at the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center in Madison, researchers found that the spine density of several post-menopausal women taking tamoxifen increased by more than half of one percent a year. Another group of postmenopausal women who took a placebo experienced a decrease in spine density of one percent a year.

Earlier research had already shown that the drug lowers cholesterol levels and that it may also prevent breast-cancer recurrence.

The National Cancer Institute is conducting a clinical trial in an effort to find out if long-term use of tamoxifen can protect women who are at high risk for breast cancer from developing the disease, and to study other effects of the drug.

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