TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2017 -- Seniors are wasting their time and money taking calcium and vitamin D supplements to ward off the brittle bones of old age, a new review concludes. It turns out there's ...

(Reuters Health) - Seniors may be more likely than younger adults to choke on vitamins and dietary supplements, or to have other problems swallowing them, especially when the pills are on the larger ...

As the body ages, its ability to absorb and process nutrients changes, making proper nutrition more crucial than ever. Many seniors struggle to get essential vitamins and minerals from diet alone, ...

Seniors are often advised to take calcium supplements, but new research says the pills might significantly increase an aging person's risk of heart valve problems that contribute to heart failure.

UNDATED (CBS News) -- Extra calcium may not protect your aging bones after all.New Zealand researchers who analyzed more than 100 previous investigations say guidelines advising seniors to consume at ...

(CBS NEWS) Taking calcium supplements with the hope of keeping osteoporosis at bay may raise an older woman’s risk of dementia, a new study suggests. And that seems particularly true if a woman has ...

To the untrained eye, shelves filled with vitamins and herbal supplements can look more like alphabet soup, with a bunch of numbers tacked on to make them even more confusing. While supplement pushers ...

Seniors are wasting their time and money taking calcium and vitamin D supplements to ward off the brittle bones of old age, a new review concludes. It turns out there's little evidence supplements ...

Calcium and vitamin D supplements in healthy postmenopausal women provide a modest benefit in preserving bone mass and prevent hip fractures in certain groups including older women but do not prevent ...

Adults aged 65 years and older are more likely to choke on dietary supplements than are younger adults, a new Federal Drug Administration report states. The biggest culprits are multivitamins and ...

Women who get most of their daily calcium from food have healthier bones than women whose calcium comes mainly from supplemental tablets, say researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in ...