January 22, 2010 — Daily supplements of calcium plus vitamin D, but not of vitamin D alone, are associated with significantly reduced fracture risk, according to the results of a patient level-pooled ...

Taking calcium and vitamin D supplements does not reduce breast cancer incidence in postmenopausal women, according to data from a randomized, doubled-blind, placebo-controlled trial published online ...

Evidence from randomized trials suggests that calcium supplements may not significantly reduce fracture risk in ...

Women who have gone through menopause and hope that supplemental vitamin D plus calcium might shield them from disease may be disappointed by new data. A follow-up analysis of data from the landmark ...

The older the woman, the more likely it is that consistent use of calcium and vitamin-D supplements will play a role in reducing her risk for osteoporosis, according to the results of a large national ...

Taking calcium and vitamin D doesn't necessarily protect the bones of older women. That's the news from the same Women's Initiative Study that said low-fat diets aren't all that beneficial in fighting ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking calcium and vitamin D supplements may help overweight women to lose body fat, but only if their calcium intake from food is already quite low, a small study suggests ...

Women who take calcium and vitamin D supplements for many years may, in the long run, see a lower risk of dying from cancer, according to two decades’ worth of data from the Women’s Health Initiative ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The 2011 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report recommends an upper limit of 4,000 IU per day for vitamin D and ...

A follow-up analysis of data from the landmark Women's Health Initiative trial found the supplement combination lowered a woman's long-term odds of dying from cancer by 7%. However, it also raised her ...