Vitamin D Can Prevent Fractures in Elderly

Vitamin D supplements can prevent fractures in elderly people, according to new research that comes hard on the heels of two British studies that found just the opposite.

This latest research is a major review of data from clinical trials that met rigid standards for quality, said Dr. Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, an instructor in the Harvard Medical School department of medicine. [MedicineNet Womens Health General]

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