Insufficient Levels of Vitamin D Puts Elderly at Increased Risk of Dying from Heart Disease

Posted By: Anonymous | Posted On: Sep 21,2009 18:30 pm | View: 4 A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) shows vitamin D plays a vital role in reducing the risk of death associated with older age. The research, just published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, evaluated the association between vitamin D levels in the blood and the death rates of those 65 and older. The study found that older adults with insufficient levels of vitamin D die from heart disease at greater rates that those with adequate levels of the vitamin. Read More: http://www.prweb.com/releases/geriatric_health/heart_disease/prweb2918004.htm