Elderly Women Benefit From Vitamin D
Giving vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) to predominantly elderly women, mainly in institutional care, seems to increase survival. These women are likely to be vitamin D deficient with a significant risk of falls and fractures. This is the key conclusion in a systematic review published in the latest edition of The Cochrane Library…
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Elderly Women Benefit From Vitamin D
July 6, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cochrane, elderly-women, latest, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, systematic-review, the-key, the-latest
