- In elderly women, adding vitamin D to regular calcium supplements produces long-term improvements in hip bone density, researchers report. To evaluate the relative benefits of calcium with or without vitamin D on bone health, Dr. Richard Prince, at the University of Western Australia, Perth, assigned 120 women to take 1200 milligrams of calcium daily along with an inactive placebo pill or a vitamin D tablet, or two placebo tablets. The women were between 70 and 80 years old. After 1 year, bone mineral density at the hip was preserved in the calcium group and the calcium+vitamin D group, but not in the double-placebo "control" group. However, at 3 and 5 years, only the group that got calcium plus vitamin D group maintained hip bone density, the investigators report in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. They conclude that adequate levels of vitamin D are necessary for calcium to do its job in keeping bones healthy. SOURCE: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, online January 17, 2008 منبع: http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/vitamin_d_dc.html;_ylt=Av5z2bSM2OOlNCZfZOYH.f8GZIt4
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