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Vitamin D Needs Calcium to Reduce Fracture Risk

(MedPage Today) UPDATED 2010-02-04
A new study has found that pairing vitamin D with calcium is the best way to stave off fractures. The assessment, which included data on 68,517 patients in seven studies, found that vitamin D alone did not reduce fracture risk at all. Those who took a combination of the nutrients, however, lowered their overall fracture risk by 8 percent, and their hip fracture risk by 16 percent.
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