Pages tagged with "Tests"
- Warning – Medicare will pay for just 1 vitamin D test PER LIFETIME (if not related to a few diseases)
- 50,000 IU monthly safe to take without any vitamin D testing – RCT
- Vitamin D test statistics: recent increase, esp. middle age, most under 30ng
- One test to estimate Vitamin D, A, Cu, Se, etc : measure proteins in blood
- Technical comparison of vitamin D testers
- New Zealand GPs being asked for vitamin D testing and prescriptions
- 80 X increase in Vitamin D testing in Australia in a decade
- Vitamin D tester falsely said half of hemodialysis patients had less than 30 ng
- No longer debating vitamin D supplementation, now debating need for testing first
- Increased vitamin D testing did not result in increased bone density
- Instant vitamin D Yes-No test now available
- Tests for Vitamin D
- Active level of vitamin D are not indicated by standard blood tests
- If you are obese, use sunscreen, or don't drink milk you may be vitamin D deficient
- Vitamin D testing in Australia - huge increase in 11 years
- Chronic Kidney Disease reduced with 3600 IU vitamin D (50000 twice a month)– RCT
- Excessive vitamin D testing in Australia
- One of the 4 vitamin D metabolites increases faster than the others
- VA showed increased vitamin D associated with lower health costs - Lancet
- Vitamin D testing typically not needed, but in 9 cases it is
