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Expert discusses limitations of the vitamin D blood test

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“The idea of generally screening everyone right now is not only costly, but it's not recognizing the fact that this comes with a lot of limitations,” says Mark A. Moyad, MD, MPH.

In this video, Mark A. Moyad, MD, MPH, discusses the limitations of vitamin D blood tests, focusing on the possibility for low or high levels of vitamin D to be misinterpreted. Moyad is the Jenkins/Pomkempner Director of Complementary Alternative Medicine in the Department of Urology at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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