High levels of vitamin D needed for bone density drugs to work, study shows
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
To fully optimize a drug therapy for osteoporosis and low bone mineral density, patients should maintain vitamin D levels above the limits recently recommended by the Institute of Medicine, according to a new study by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The study will be presented at the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting in Boston, June 4-7.