Pages tagged with "Falls and Fractures"
- Fracture 4.8 X more likely if low vitamin D, Falls 2.7 X were more likely if low D
- Perhaps fewer bone non-unions with 100,000 IU weekly of vitamin D – RCT 2018
- Probably Fractures of the Tibia can be healed with 100,000 IU of vitamin D weekly – RCT 2023
- France is planning to reduce hip fractures by dairy vitamin D fortification (plan will not work) – 2017
- 400 IU of Vitamin D is too little and annual is too infrequent to prevent falls-fractures (no news) USPSTF
- Bone fractures heal poorly with only 1,000 IU of vitamin D (not a surprise)
- Bone fractures occurred twice as often if low Magnesium
- Bone loss (following gastric cancer) reduced by 16,000 IU of vitamin D every 10 days
- Omega-3 reduced fractures by a quarter (note: Omega-3 increases vitamin D in cells by a quarter)
- Few Fractures if high Magnesium intake – 2X fewer for men, 2.6X for women
- Bone fracture (low energy) 19X more likely in children if low vitamin K2
- Fast twitch muscles increased by Vitamin D in athletes and seniors (reduce falling)
- Most Hip fracture patients had low vitamin D and protein (needed for strong bones)
- Nonunion after elective foot or ankle reconstruction 8 times more likely if low vitamin D
- Muscle strength not increased by Vitamin D - 96 percent were not deficient – RCT
- Hip fracture 58 percent more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis
- 1 in 3 died after hip fracture but only 1 in 14 if add Vitamin D and exercise – RCT
- Reducing fractures with Vitamin D and Calcium saves 3 dollars for 1 dollar invested – Europe
- Total hip replacement: 14 times more likely to redo if low vitamin D
- Added 1 lb of muscle to sarcopenia adults in 13 weeks with just 800 IU vitamin D and protein – RCT