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Calcium and vitamin D are essential nutrients for skeletal growth and bone health.1 Vitamin D helps the body to absorb calcium—not having sufficient vitamin D levels can reduce calcium absorption …

Vitamin D deficiency is common, even in Australia. Deficiency varies depending on where you live and the season, and if you belong to one of the patient populations who have …

Greater awareness of the risk factors for osteoporosis may help encourage early intervention and reduce fracture rates Despite continued focus and advocacy to raise awareness and reduce the impact of …

Pharmacists have a key role to play in the prevention of osteoporosis, raising awareness of the risk factors, facilitating further investigation and assisting with treatment adherence More than 1.3 million …

Sometimes data on vitamins and supplements appears conflicting, leaving consumers with mixed messages about whether they should or shouldn’t take them A GP recently wrote in Medical Observer that vitamins …

Senator Nick Xenophon has suggested a return to the not always fondly remembered national school milk program, citing nutritional concerns as well as support for the dairy industry. The national …

Calcium supplements have a role in preventing osteoporosis when dietary intake is inadequate, the The Australian Self Medication Industry has reaffirmed. This was in response to the publication of data …