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Article: Pharmacy Study Finds Current Recommended Daily Intake of Vitamin D Not Sufficient in Seniors; Educational Interventions in Clinics Prove Valuable; UC Denver Clinical Pharmacy Researchers Suggest Minimum 1,200 IU Per Day of Vitamin D For Elderly Patients.(Clinical report)
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- July 23, 2008
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Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
AURORA, Colo., July 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study from the University of Colorado Denver's School of Pharmacy has found that a simple educational intervention provided by a pharmacist can make a significant impact in the amount of vitamin D intake in geriatric outpatients, resulting in increased serum, or blood levels of this key nutrient. Surprisingly, the study also found that the overall increase in serum levels in the patients who received the intervention were still not in the target range, indicating that current national recommendations for vitamin D intake may be insufficient. The study is ...