Over the past decade, rickets has re-emerged as a noticeable public health issue in some areas (Lanham-New et al, 2010) and many physicians have been ordering lab values of blood vitamin D levels ...

Let's talk about calcium and vitamin D. Everybody needs enough. If you're already getting enough from your diet, you don't take extra. It won't help. What if you're not getting enough? That adds ...

At follow-up, after 1 year on a gluten-free diet, laboratory ... Although osteoporosis is more often associated with inadequate calcium intake than vitamin D intake, insufficient vitamin D can ...

A panel of independent health experts recommended Tuesday against older adults using vitamin D and calcium supplements to prevent falls and fractures, citing inadequate evidence to support their ...

Vitamin D and calcium are essential for overall health but don’t reduce the risk of falls or fractures in generally healthy older adults, according to a new draft recommendation from the US ...

According to a study published by Annals of Internal Medicine, vitamin D and calcium supplements might reduce risk of death ...

Because you need that much D to absorb the calcium, you need that much D to ... What does that mean? Vitamin D2 is from plants, it's ergocalciferol. It comes from plants that are irradiated ...

Questions facing the clinical laboratory providing this service include ... The highest levels of evidence indicate that the elderly with a low vitamin D status benefit from vitamin D and dietary ...