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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Vitamin D Supplements

Q&A: Can vitamin D ease joint pain?

October 03, 2008
A reader asks Joe and Terry Graedon from The People's Pharmacy why doctors don't check patients' vitamin D levels during physicals. The reader has been struggling with joint pain that greatly improved after he began taking vitamin D supplements. The Graedons respond with information about conditions that are affected--and sometimes mimicked--by low levels of vitamin D. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Vitamin D and Chronic Pain
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

...nutrition with the right combination of nutritional supplements is a great step in the right... Read more »

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What Calcium Means for Your Heart
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

Why are we advised to take calcium supplements?   Men and women are advised to take calcium... Read more »

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IBD and Vitamin D!
By Jennifer Rackley , Health Expert

...noted that many IBD patients had lowered levels of vitamin D (1).  In fact according to the... Read more »

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AAP Recommends Doubling Vitamin D Intake
By Jan Gambino , Health Expert

...is likely that a child with GERD will need extra vitamin D supplements to offset a poor diet.... Read more »

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For Bone Health: Ways to Get Vitamin D
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert

...intolerance. Strict vegetarians may also require Vitamin D supplements.  For these reasons, for... Read more »

Health Guide

Preventing Falls and Fractures: Bone Health
...daily.Herring, sardines, salmon, tuna, liver, eggs, and fortified milk and foods are good sources of vitamin D. Vitamin D supplements may also be needed. Talk with your doctor about how much... Read more »
Hypoparathyroidism
...hypoparathyroidism and inform your health care provider promptly. This will enable treatment with calcium and vitamin D supplements to be started as quickly as possible. Read more »
Treatment Options for Osteoporosis
...weight-bearing exercise on a regular basis (such as walking and lifting light weights), taking calcium and vitamin D supplements, and avoiding tobacco and excessive alcohol. There are also... Read more »
Normal Test Results for 25-hydroxy Vitamin D
...(hypervitaminosis D) and is usually caused by too much vitamin D in the form of doctor-prescribed dietary supplements. This can lead to high calcium levels (hypercalcemia). Read more »
Serum phosphorus
...Nonpharmacological factors that can affect PO4 measurements include: enemas containing sodium phosphate, excess vitamin D supplements, and intravenous glucose administration (because PO4 enters... Read more »

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Vitamin D and Bone Health

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Related News

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 »

Live Longer with Vitamin D
March 20, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Adding a vitamin D supplement to your daily diet might not be a bad idea. European researchers who reviewed 18 studies... Read summary »

Vitamin D and Calcium: No Breast Cancer Benefit
November 18, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Calcium and vitamin D supplements do not protect postmenopausal women from breast cancer, a new study reveals. Researchers... 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 »

Low Vitamin D Linked to PAD
April 28, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Not getting enough vitamin D may increase your risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) -- a condition where the arteries in... Read summary »