County Board approves 2017 Budget - At the regular meeting of the McLean County Board on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, the Board approved the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2017 Combined Annual Appropriation and Budget Ordinance. Read on... Equal Access to Services & Employment.
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If you are using HT to prevent osteoporosis, be sure to talk to your doctor so that you can weigh the benefits of HT against your personal risk for heart attack, stroke, blood clots, and breast cancer. If needed, your doctor can prescribe different treatments to prevent osteoporosis and fractures. Vitamin D. 2  Your body uses vitamin D to absorb calcium. 3  Being out in the sun for a total of about 20 minutes every day helps most peopleâs bodies make enough vitamin D. You can also get vitamin D from eggs, fatty fish like salmon, cereal and milk fortified with vitamin D, as well as from supplements.