A healthy 54-year-old woman comes for a routine examination and asks whether she should
be taking any vitamin supplements. What do you advise? This article reviews the evidence …

Mortality rates in the HIV-infected patient population have decreased with the advent of
highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for the treatment of AIDS. Due to the chronic …

For unknown reasons, the highest incidence of osteoporosis is found in northern Europe. In
these populations, the sunlight exposure is limited and the vitamin A intake is high. The …

Adequate provision of nutrients composing the bone matrix and regulating bone metabolism
should be provided from birth in order to achieve maximal bone mass, compatible with …

Hypervitaminosis A is sometimes associated with abnormalities of calcium metabolism and
bone mineral status. A recent study found a negative association between reported dietary …

Like many other chronic diseases, osteoporosis is multifactorial in nature. It is estimated that
46% to 62% of bone mineral density (BMD) is attributable to genetic factors. 65 Therefore …

Large differences in time and dose needed to induce hypervitaminosis A have been
observed. High doses of vitamin A in food and oily solutions are well tolerated, whereas …

Survivors of autologous blood or marrow transplantation (ABMT) are predisposed to
decreased bone mineral density (BMD), but data are lacking on the incidence and risk …

All women in the registry of Reykjavik, Iceland who turned 70 years old in 1997 (n= 408)
were enrolled between September 1997 and June 1998. Two hundred and thirty-two …

Osteoporosis has been traditionally diagnosed as the occurrence of, at least, one non
traumatic bone fracture. Clinically meaningful, epidemiological studies have focused on the …