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AAOS Half of Older Women With Arm Fractures Have Low Vitamin D Significantly more postmenopausal women with distal radius fractures than control women were found to have vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency.
Medscape Medical News, February 7, 2012
AAOS Vitamin D Deficiency in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients More than three quarters of orthopaedic trauma patients had vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency in a study presented at AAOS.
Medscape Medical News, February 7, 2012

The Latest on D, Bone Health, and Cancer Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD, describes the USPSTF meta-analysis on vitamin D, bone density, and cancer.
Medscape Internal Medicine, January 30, 2012
Vitamin D: Frequently Asked Questions Dr. Hulisz answers readers' questions about vitamin D.
Medscape Pharmacists, December 6, 2011

Vitamin D and Chronic Rhinitis
Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, February 5, 2012
Solar UV Doses of Young Americans and Vitamin D3 Production
Environmental Health Perspectives, January 30, 2012
Effect of Vitamin D on Muscle Strength, Gait and Balance
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, January 25, 2012
Vitamin D Levels, Blood Pressure, and Incident Hypertension
American Journal of Epidemiology, January 16, 2012
Maternal Vitamin D Levels and Risk of Type 1 DM in Offspring
Diabetes, January 10, 2012