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Pastimes : Heart Attacks, Cancer and strokes. Preventative approaches
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To: LindyBill who wrote (986)8/24/2008 1:30:49 PM
From: mistermj  Read Replies (1) of 39288
 
Vitamin D awareness seems to be gaining some traction out there.Testing is growing rapidly.

There is no count of how many people get their vitamin D checked. But at testing giant LabCorp, the volume of vitamin D tests doctors order has, on average, doubled every year for the past four, says spokesman Eric Lindblom. So far this year, test orders are up another 90 percent. At competitor Quest Diagnostics, the volume of D tests approximately tripled between May 2006 and last May.

Dr. James Underberg, a New York University internist, once checked vitamin D levels mostly in people at risk of thinning bones. Over the past year, he's begun screening more patients, especially those at risk of heart disease, as he closely watches the evolving research.[More]

seattlepi.nwsource.com
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