AHRQ Vitamin D/Calcium Report Draws Industry Fire
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The U.S. Preventive Service Task Force releases a meta-analysis looking at whether available research supports an association between the use of vitamin D and calcium and fracture prevention. Trials of vitamin D use alone or with calcium showed no statistically significant reduction in fractures among subjects in the control groups, the panel found.
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