"Treat the disease, you win some, you lose some. Treat the patient, you always win."
~Patch Adams~



Friday, January 22, 2010

Vitamin D supplements reduce falls in nursing homes

This article from CTVNews.com (Canada) may be of particular interest to those of you with elderly parents or loved ones----balance is such an issue with older people, as a fall for them can often be debilitating or even fatal. Vitamin D supplementation is showing some promise as a way to help reduce the incidence of falling----every time I read one of these stories, I wonder how much money we could save the health care system if the majority of us were doing even the little things like taking Vitamin D.

1 comment:

  1. My doctor told me to take extra Vit D as it helps to keep away cancer.

    Happy blogoversary :)

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