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Vitamin D Deficiency, Are Mortality Rates Higher For These Women? - Dr. Holick (VIDEO)

By Dr. Michael Holick Expert May 1, 2009 - 4:06pm
 
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Dr. Holick describes if mortality rates are higher for women who are vitamin D deficient.

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Dr. Holick:

What we know is that in a study looking at both men and women and the amount of vitamin D that they ingested, if they ingested at least about 528 units, that was just on average of vitamin D, it reduced their risk of dying by seven percent.

About Dr. Holick, Ph.D., M.D.:
Michael Holick, Ph.D., M.D., is the Professor of Medicine of Physiology and Biophysics at Boston University School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and performed his residency and fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Holick specializes in vitamin D, calcium, bone metabolism, photobiology of vitamin, and osteoporosis. Dr. Holick is also the recipient of the American Skin Associations Psoriasis Research Achievement Award, the American College of Nutrition Award, the Robert H. Herman Memorial Award in Clinical Nutrition from the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, and more.

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