Insufficient levels of vitamin D puts elderly at increased risk of dying from heart disease
Monday, September 21, 2009 - 14:42
in Health & Medicine
A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) shows vitamin D plays a vital role in reducing the risk of death associated with older age. The research, just published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, evaluated the association between vitamin D levels in the blood and the death rates of those 65 and older.