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 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 ...

Review: Vitamin D Plus Calcium Linked to Mortality Reduction Analyses of data from individual patients and trials indicate that vitamin D supplementation in combination with calcium is linked to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Once regarded as a potent silver bullet for preventing fractures, vitamin D appears to need calcium to exert a preventive effect. Neither intermittent nor daily consumption of standard doses of ...

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 ...

Most women struggle to get enough of this essential vitamin.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A follow-up analysis of data from the landmark Women's Health Initiative trial found the supplement combination lowered a woman's ...