Seniors who take calcium supplements along with vitamin D may lengthen their lives, a new analysis suggests.
However, only the combination of the two appears to be effective; vitamin D by itself had no benefit, the researchers noted.
"Our study provides evidence of a cause-effect relationship -- that calcium and vitamin D causes beneficial effects to general health," said study author Dr. Lars Rejnmark, an assistant professor at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark. "Calcium with vitamin D has now been proven to reduce risk of osteoporotic fractures and death in the elderly."
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