Lactation, bone strength and reduced risk of bone fractures: reply to comment by Cure-Cure et al.

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Dear Editor, Drs. Cure-Cure and Cure [1] have raised the important question of whether greater maternal bone size and bone strength due to prolonged lactation protects women from fragility fractures in the long run. We cannot answer this question at this time since the majority of the women in our study [2] were pre-menopausal. We will explore this issue later by following up this cohort.