Fri Oct 28, 2005 03:49 PM ET
By Matias A. Loewy
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters Health) – In all regions of the world, more than half of postmenopausal women with the crippling bone disease osteoporosis are vitamin D deficient, regardless of age, latitude or season, researchers from US, the Netherlands and UK said here last week at the 11th World Congress on the Menopause.
According to the investigators, “These results underscore the need to improve physician and patient awareness of the importance of adequate vitamin D supplementation in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.”