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Article: Rx for Readers
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JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Jerusalem Post
07-31-2009
Rx for Readers
Byline: JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Edition: Up Front
Section: Features
A few months ago, The Jerusalem Post under Judy Siegel- Itzkovich's byline ran an article about the importance of everyone testing for vitamin D deficiency by a simple blood test, which I read with great interest. Maccabi Health Services decided to encourage its family doctors to screen for the vitamin as a result of her queries. I (61 years old) approached my family doctor and asked for this test (when I was a young baby I suffered from rickets, a result of vitamin D deficiency; my mother has osteoporosis). The ...