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High doses of vitamin D safe for children

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving school children very high doses of vitamin D is safe, and may be necessary to bring their blood levels of the nutrient up to the amount necessary for optimum bone growth and health, a new study shows. <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/reuters/healthNews?a=qWO3Sc"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/reuters/healthNews?i=qWO3Sc" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=Yn4CQL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?i=Yn4CQL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=eYV8al"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?i=eYV8al" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=pNySel"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?i=pNySel" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~4/380636569" height="1" width="1"/>