I agree with your idea of better screening. We keep finding data that vitamin D plays a role in many health problems and acting on it makes perfect sense. Implementing it is the difficulty. We have so many opposing sides as to how people think healthcare should be delivered and of course there is the cost.
What also needs to have happen though is for African Americans to ask for screening when they do have blood work drawn for any other reason. You can't supplement vitamin D levels if you don't know what they are to start. If they come back low, then the person can monitor their own levels by asking for follow up testing in the future while they supplement with oral Vit D.
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I agree with your idea of better screening. We keep finding data that vitamin D plays a role in many health problems and acting on it makes perfect sense. Implementing it is the difficulty. We have so many opposing sides as to how people think healthcare should be delivered and of course there is the cost.
What also needs to have happen though is for African Americans to ask for screening when they do have blood work drawn for any other reason. You can't supplement vitamin D levels if you don't know what they are to start. If they come back low, then the person can monitor their own levels by asking for follow up testing in the future while they supplement with oral Vit D.
June 1, 2011 - 5:05amThis Comment
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