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Health Encyclopedia: Vitamin D
Too much vitamin D can make the intestines absorb too much calcium. This may cause high levels of calcium in the blood. High blood calcium can lead to calcium deposits in soft tissues such as the heart and lungs. This can reduce their ability to function.
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New Vitamin D Recommendations and Osteoporosis Prevention
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert...recommendations of Vitamin D intake to 800-1000 units for adults 50 and older. Previously,... Read more »
Vitamin D Deficiency: An Epidemic?
By Neil Gonter, MD , Health Expert...deficiency—rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults—are characterized by deformation... Read more »
Over Age 65? Any Bone Fracture Might Indicate Osteoporosis
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert...concern is osteoporosis, since pretty much all of an adult's bone mass is built up by the time... Read more »
Vitamin D + You: Not a Vitamin, and Not One Size Fits All
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...necessary to prevent osteopenia (bone-thinning) in adults. Mothers forced foul-tasting cod liver... Read more »
How Much Vitamin D?
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...diseases that weaken bones, rickets in children and its adult equivalent, osteomalacia. Vitamin... Read more »
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PTH
...syndrome (inadequate absorption of nutrients in the intestinal tract) Osteomalacia (adults) Rickets (children) Vitamin D deficiency ... Read more »Fanconis syndrome
...potassium, bicarbonate, and sodium Growth failure Rickets in children Osteomalacia in adults (abnormal bone mineralization, causing an increased incidence of fractures) ... Read more »Osteopenia: premature infants
...fracture. Signs and tests Osteopenia is more difficult to diagnose in premature infants than in adults. The most common tests used to diagnose and monitor osteopenia of prematurity... Read more »Serum phosphorus
... Inadequate dietary intake of PO4 or vitamin D resulting in rickets (childhood) or osteomalacia (adult) Additional conditions under which the test may be performed: Multiple... Read more »Rickets
...strength) Muscle cramps Impaired growth Short stature (adults less than 5 feet tall) Signs and tests A physical exam reveals tenderness... Read more »Images
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Vitamin D Recommendations Doubled
November 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Vitamin D grows healthy bones and keeps them strong -- and new guidelines suggest your child may need double the amount he or... Read summary »
Kids Low on Vitamin D
August 10, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Seven out of 10 U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, according to a study of over 6,000 children by researchers at... Read summary »
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