More aged are falling - even age-adjusted
Bracing for the Falls of an Aging Nation New York Times Nov 2014
Vitamin D is not mentioned
A Tiny Stumble, a Life Upended NYT Nov 3, 2014
Apparently the same data in a different format
See also VitaminDWiki
- Overview Fractures and Falls and Vitamin D
- Chart from 2000 shows that people with high vitamin D have much faster reaction time - which is needed to stop a fall
Incidence of 22 health problems related to vitamin D have doubled in a decade Falls is just one of many increased health problems
Falls and Fractures category overview with associated searches
The TOP articles in Fractures and Vitamin D are listed here:
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Papers which are meta-analyses of Falls/Fractures and Vitamin D in VitaminDWiki are
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Similar conclusion by all 10 meta-analyses: vitamin D will reduce falls and fractures
Wonder how many more meta-analyses will be needed before there is a change?
Note: there are > 12 meta-analyses for Breast Cancer and vitamin D - but still no change