frail Archives - Life Science Review

14 April 202014 April 2020

Who needs calcium and/or vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of fragility fractures?

In April 2020 researchers from New Zealand published their review on calcium and/or vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of fragility fractures. The researchers stated that as vitamin D and … Read more

9 March 201921 February 2020

A higher dietary magnesium intake appears to reduce the risk of frailty in men, but not in women

In November 2017 researchers from the UK and Australia published the results of their study to assess whether higher dietary magnesium intake is associated with a lower risk of frailty. … Read more

9 March 20194 January 2020

Low-dose vitamin D supplementation does not appear to be associated with any reduced risk of frailty in older individuals

In January 2018 researchers from Italy, UK and Spain published the results of their study to assess whether vitamin D supplementation is associated with a lower risk of frailty. A … Read more

12 August 20184 January 2020

Vitamin D3 and calcium supplementation appears to moderately improve physical performance in frail individuals

In March 2018 researchers from Canada published the results of their study to assess whether 4000 IU/day of vitamin D3 supplementation was safe for frail older adults and whether this … Read more