1. Ankle strength and vitamin D lowest in winter, and were associated with more elderly falls – May 2012
2. 75 percent of hip fractures associated with vitamin D deficiency - Jan 2011
3. 800 IU of vitamin D does not prevent enough falls to be cost effective - July 2015
4. 800 IU of vitamin D does not prevent falls (nope, need at least 2,000) - March 2015
5. 30 percent less chance of dying after hip fracture if take vitamin D and other drugs – 2011
6. 2X more falls for senior men with less than 20ng of vitamin D – April 2011
7. 24 years ago hip fractures were reduced 24 percent in a large trial using Vitamin D and Ca – Oct 2016
8. 400 IU of vitamin D does not prevent fractures – US Preventive Services – April 2018
9. 400 IU of Vitamin D is too little and annual is too infrequent to prevent falls-fractures (no news) USPSTF Sept 2017
10. Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D prevents falls – Feb 2010
11. Bone fractures heal poorly with only 1,000 IU of vitamin D (not a surprise) – Sept 2017
12. Doubt that vitamin D prevents fractures, especially without Calcium – Jan 2013
13. Falls and vitamin D – another poor study – RCT Oct 2017
14. Falls are prevented by vitamin D - provided you get enough - Dec 2014
15. Falls not decreased by 800 IU daily of vitamin D (proven again) – Dec 2016
16. Falls not reduced by just 8 weeks of vitamin D – Feb 2016
17. Falls of elderly whites increasing 5 percent per year – Jan 2012
18. Declining hip fracture rates in the United States – unknown reason – June 2010
19. Hip fracture outcome 5X more likely to be poor if low vitamin D – Jan 2015
20. Hip fracture rate varies with latitude (and thus vitamin D) in Sweden – Nov 2013
21. Hip fracture risk reduced 6 percent for each daily dairy serving (more if full-fat dairy) – Oct 2017
22. Hip fractures rates have been increasing since 2012 – Feb 2018
23. Hip fractures worse if both high PTH and low Vitamin D – Jan 2019
24. Hip fractures worse if very low on vitamin D – Mar 2011
25. Hip replacement 2X more likely if hip bone surgery was during winter (low vitamin D) – Dec 2014
26. Hip fracture – not getting enough vitamin D – 2013
27. Hip fracture 19 percent less likely with just 4 ng higher level of vitamin D – Dec 2012
28. Hip fracture 3X more likely if low vitamin D – Dec 2015
29. Frequent falls in nursing home more likely due to drug haze than low vitamin D – Jan 2015
30. Fracture patients with bone diseases lacked vitamin D and calcium – Mar 2011
31. Fracture reduction vs vitamin D - trial history May 2004
32. Half as many hip fractures if take Calcium, hormones, and a tiny amount of vitamin D – July 2013
33. Having less than 25 ng of vitamin D was associated with severe hip fracture – March 2011
34. Low vitamin D associated with osteoporotic fractures up to 10 years later– Nov 2012
35. Low vitamin D, not low BMD, associated with both breaking hip and upper body bone in a fall – Oct 2013
36. Lower vitamin D in elderly group with fractures – March 2013
37. Male Hip fracture 1.65X more likely if low vitamin D – May 2013
38. Increased stress fractures during military training if low vitamin D (now in UK as well as US) – Jan 2016
39. Hip fracture rate increases in winter (subtropical Australia too) – Aug 2019
40. Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D prevents falls in nursing homes – downloaded Feb 2010
41. Fractures reduced by monthly 30,000 IU of Vitamin D, perhaps 100,000 IU would be better – July 2019
42. 800 IU vitamin D reduces falls - Dec 2009
43. Acute fracture patients – 70 percent were vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis Sept 2015
44. 4X reduction in bone fractures following Kidney Transplant with monthly Vitamin D (100,000 IU) - RCT June 2019
45. 3 instead of 11 fractures with Parkinson disease when have enough sun - Nov 2010
46. 39% fewer falls with 2000 IU than 800 IU – RCT June 2010
47. 1000 IU minimum to decrease falls and fractures Swiss - 2009
48. 1 in 3 died after hip fracture but only 1 in 14 if add Vitamin D and exercise – RCT April 2017
49. 1 in 4 Iranian patients did not achieve 20 ng with 3700 IU vitamin D daily for a year after fracture – Nov 2013
50. Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D helps prevent fractures– downloaded Feb 2010

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