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Volume 122, Issue 9, Pages 793-802 (September 2009)


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Vitamin D: Bone and Beyond, Rationale and Recommendations for Supplementation

Sarah A. Stechschulte, BAa, Robert S. Kirsner, MD, PhDab, Daniel G. Federman, MDcdCorresponding Author Informationemail address

Abstract 

Adequate vitamin D status is necessary and beneficial for health, although deficiency plagues much of the world's population. In addition to reducing the risk for bone disease, vitamin D plays a role in reduction of falls, as well as decreases in pain, autoimmune diseases, cancer, heart disease, mortality, and cognitive function. On the basis of this emerging understanding, improving patients' vitamin D status has become an essential aspect of primary care. Although some have suggested increased sun exposure to increase serum vitamin D levels, this has the potential to induce photoaging and skin cancer, especially in patients at risk for these conditions. Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency can be both corrected and prevented safely through supplementation.

a Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Fla

b Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Fla

c Department of Medicine, VA Connecticut Health Care, West Haven, Conn

d Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn

Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Daniel G. Federman, MD, VA Connecticut Health Care (11ACSL), 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516

 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: None of the authors have any conflicts of interest associated with the work presented in this manuscript.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing this manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00440-9

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.02.029


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