Regular Exercise, Not Vitamin D, May Lower Overall Serious Injury Risk From Accidental Falls Among Older Women.

a study published online March 23 in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that “neither routine exercise nor vitamin D supplementation does anything to lower the overall risk for accidental falls among older women.” The study of “just over 400 women” did find, however, that “the risk of serious injury as a result of falling was cut by more than half when elderly women engaged in regular exercise.” http://consumer.healthday.com/bone-and-joint-information-4/bone-joint-and-tendon-news-72/exercise-but-not-vitamin-d-cuts-serious-falls-in-older-women-study-697651.html