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North American women don't get enough vitamin D
June 9th, 2005
Vitamin D inadequacy may be overlooked by clinicians, thus leading to inadequate vitamin D supplementation in patients with osteoporosis, according to new research presented May 19, 2005, at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 14th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress. A study of 1,554 postmenopausal women showed that 52% of these women had suboptimal vitamin D concentrations. Most study participants were healthy, ambulatory, community-dwelling, white women who were well educated. These results underscore a need for improved physician and patient education regarding optimization of vitamin D status in the care of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-09)
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