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Back pain in old age

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Low vitamin D tied to back pain in older women


Reuters Health

Monday, May 26, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women who aren't getting enough vitamin D appear to be at risk for suffering from back pain, new research shows.


Among older people, vitamin D deficiency has been tied to a number of health problems, including an increased risk of bone fracture, Hicks and colleagues note in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Lack of the vitamin could also, theoretically, contribute to musculoskeletal pain, they add, although research on vitamin D deficiency and pain syndromes has yielded mixed results.


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