Pages tagged with "Falls and Fractures"
- Nursing home residents with fewer falls had weekly, not daily Vitamin D - June 2026
- Both Fracture and Falls were reduced by more than 40 ng of Vitamin D
- Surgery for Pediatric Fracures 55 X more likely if < 12 ng of Vitamin D
- After Spinal Fusion, Vitamin D is better than Bisphosphonate Therapy at 1 year - meta-analysis
- Risk of falling not changed by 1,600 and 3,200 IU Vitamin D - RCT
- Pediatric fractures heal much faster when Vitamin D levels are > 30 ng
- Low vitamin D associated with more hand injuries
- Hip fractures and low Vitamin D - many studies
- Centrum Silver increased facture risk (too little of Vitamin D and Calcium) - RCT
- Pain and swelling - typically after some distal frature in senior women - several studies
- Leg fractures in children requiring surgery healed months faster if high vitamin D
- No increase in falls, fractures or all-cause mortality when Vitamin D is given monthly or less often– meta-analysis
- Bone fractures not reduced with 400 IU of Vitamin D plus Calcium (no surprise) WHI – strange RCT
- 100,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (27 ng) is not enough to reduce fractures and falls – meta-analysis
- Vitamin D deficiency in children: 9%, but up to 75% in children with fractures
- Hip joint destroyed in months (rare) is associated with especially low Vitamin D
- Vertigo incidence reduced 40% by just 7,000 IU Vitamin D given weekly - RCT
- Hip fractures 60% more likely in people who drank a lot of milk - Greger
- Hip fracture risk was reduced by 4 times when Vitamin D was added to estrogen treatment
- Fall prevention - Vitamin D is one of the ways - umbrella review