date:Jul 10, 2012
% less fractures of other bones, when compared to the control groups.
Our results make a compelling contribution to the existing data on vitamin D and fracture risk in men and women age 65 and older, whose vulnerability to bone density loss and osteoporosis makes leave them prone to fractures resulting from thinning bones,said the vitamin D expert.
Professor Bess Dawson-Hughes, senior author of the study, added:Taking between 800 and 2,000 IUs of vitamin D per day significantly reduced the ris