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Vitamins and Seniors: Recommendations and Risks

By: Arkansas Today

Updated: August 15, 2012

If you or a senior you know takes vitamins or supplements regularly, you may have questions about which ones are right for the elderly -- or even about the risks from taking them.

Should the elderly take vitamins and supplements? What are the dangers? Should we ask our doctors before taking them?

Dr. Randy Shinn from Washington Regional Clinic for Senior Health discusses a few key issues and questions concerning vitamin regimens for the elderly.

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Dr. Sue Hubbard is an award winning pediatrician and medical editor for www.kidsdr.com. She is a native of Washington, D.C. who travelled south to attend the University of Texas at Austin and never left. Read More