Researcher Calls Study On Children With Low Vitamin D “Unethical.”

reports the University of Pittsburgh’s study to examine “whether children with asthma attacks benefit from high doses of vitamin D” received complaints from an unaffiliated researcher who took issue with the fact that the study will give half of the participants, who have low vitamin D levels, a placebo with no vitamin D for one year. Dr. Bruce Davidson posited in a letter to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which has helped fund the study, that it is “unethical to treat children known to be deficient in vitamin D with placebo.” http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2017/11/01/Complaints-that-Pitt-kids-study-on-vitamin-D-and-asthma-is-unethical-lead-to-changes-NIH-NHLBI-Celedon-Davidson-Vit-D-Kids/stories/201710310082