Dear Pharmacist: Vitamin D helps from head to toe
Photo credit: Newsday/Tony Jerome | Egg yolks, among plenty of other foods, are a great way to get some extra Vitamin D. (April 28,2004)
Dear Pharmacist: My friends daughter has rickets, I didn’t think that was possible in this day and age. How do I protect my kids? --A.E., Boston, Mass.
Rickets is the result of vitamin D deficiency and it causes bowed legs and spinal deformity in children. Low D in adults contributes to osteoporosis. Vitamin D turns into a hormone in your body, and emerging studies suggest that statin cholesterol-lowering...
