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- Title
Calcium Supplementation and Cardiovascular Risk.
- Authors
Tandon, Vishal R.; Sharma, Sudhaa; Mahajan, Annil
- Abstract
The author reflects on the effectiveness of calcium and Vitamin D for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. The authors highlight that both calcium and Vitamin D exert a synergistic effect with antiresorptive agents on bone strength and in terms of fracture prevention. However,they concern on the calcium study which shows that myocardial infarctions and other cardiovascular events and related mortality were more common in women randomized to calcium.
- Subjects
DIETARY calcium; VITAMIN D in human nutrition; OSTEOPOROSIS prevention; MYOCARDIAL infarction; CORONARY disease
- Publication
JK Science, 2010, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0972-1177
- Publication type
Editorial