2 Putnam TJ, Chiavacci LY, Hoff H, Weitzen HG. Results of treatment of multiple sclerosis
with dicoumarin. Arch Neurol Psychiatry 1947; 57: 1–13. 3 Zamboni P. The big idea: iron …

The meta-analysis by Ian Reid and colleagues (Jan 11, p 146) 1 concluded that treatment
with vitamin D did not improve bone mineral density (BMD), although femoral neck BMD was …

Collectively, these cohort studies included> 6700 individuals. Both studies used baseline
levels of 25OHD to correlate with subclinical measures of atherosclerosis. Single time point …

Background Multiple sclerosis is the most common chronic inflammatory disease of the
central nervous system in young adults. Despite the fact that numerous lines of evidence link …

4. Bohlius J, Schmidlin K, Brillant C, et al. Recombinant human erythropoiesisstimulating
agents and mortality in patients with cancer: a meta-analysis of randomised trials. Lancet …

Vitamin D remains at the center of our shared nutritional consciousness for many reasons,
not the least of which is its potential role in modulating chronic diseases (1). The ease of …

There has been more ink spilled over the efficacy of vitamin D than over that of most
nutrients, with the possible exception of sodium. Why is this? Dozens of randomized …

Tetsuya Kawahara and colleagues1 report results of an ancillary study of the Diabetes
Prevention with active Vitamin D (DPVD) multicentre, randomised, placebocontrolled trial in …

With his skull-and-crossbones bow tie tied tight, Clifford Rosen strides to the podium at the
Metropolitan Bone Club, a meeting of researchers and clinicians in New York City …

Naveed Sattar and colleagues (Jan 14, p 95) 1 appeal to clinicians to adopt an evidence-
based approach to vitamin D testing to conserve financial and laboratory resources. In …