New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Australian researchers have found that there is no evidence that calcium monotherapy increases the long-term risk for dementia, particularly in older women.

Calcium supplements play critical role in multiple physiological functions, including improving bone health.

The study led by a team from Edith Cowan University (ECU), Curtin University and the University of Western Australia dispelled previous concerns about the potential negative effects of calcium supplements on brain health in older women.

The team leveraged outcomes from prior research that provided calcium supplements or a placebo to 1,460 older women over a five-year period. The results, published in The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific, found that the supplement did not increase the long-term ri

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