Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Latest medical reversal: High levels of Vitamin D & calcium not needed!


NYTimes

The very high levels of vitamin D that are often recommended by doctors and testing laboratories — and can be achieved only by taking supplements — are unnecessary and could be harmful, an expert committee says. It also concludes that calcium supplements are not needed.[...]

1 comment:

  1. R' Eidensohn,

    I found this article worth reading and relevant to the topic of certainty (or lack thereof) in science-driven medical decisionmaking:
    http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=5174

    A profile of the author, David Gorski, MD, PhD:
    http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?author=8

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