Stanford Doctor: Why Active Women & Female Athletes Are Damaging Their Bone Health

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Opublikowano: 2026-05-11

Bone health for female athletes is one of the most under-discussed topics in women's health, and what you don't know right now could follow you all the way into perimenopause. Dr. Emily Kraus, Sports Medicine Physician and Director of the FASTR (Female Athlete Science and Translational Research) program at Stanford University, joins us to dig into one of the most overlooked areas of women's health: bone density, bone stress injuries, and the hidden epidemic of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). Dr. Kraus breaks down exactly why female athletes are at disproportionately high risk for bone stress...