Calcium

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Calcium: What Is It? (National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)
• Why Calcium? Calcium Counts (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Overviews
• Calcium (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Calcium, Dietary (National Institutes of Health)

• Prevention/Screening
• Calcium Pentagastrin Test (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF File
  Also available in: Spanish
• Calcium Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

• Nutrition
• Why Calcium? Sources of Calcium (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Your Family's Calcium Needs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• Related Issues
• Aortic Valve Calcification (Aortic Valve Sclerosis) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Breast Calcifications: Are They Cancer? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Calcium & Milk: What's Best for Your Bones? (Harvard School of Public Health)
• Calcium & Vitamin D (National Osteoporosis Foundation)
• Calcium Supplements (National Osteoporosis Foundation)
• Hypercalcemia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Hypercalcemia (PDQ) (National Cancer Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Renal Osteodystrophy (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)

• Research
• Low Dietary Calcium May Be a Major Cause of Nutritional Rickets Among North American Infants (Endocrine Society)

• Organizations
• Food and Nutrition Information Center
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  Also available in: Spanish
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements

• Women
• During Your Pregnancy: Do You Get Enough Calcium Every Day? (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)

• Children
• Childhood and Adolescent Nutrition: Why Milk Matters Now for Children and Teens (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Kids and Their Bones: A Guide for Parents (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Milk Matters Web Games for Kids and Teens (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Nutrients Your Child Needs: Calcium, Iron, Fiber (Nemours Foundation)
• Osteoporosis (Nemours Foundation)
• Powerful Girls Need Calcium (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• Teenagers
• "Calcium Crisis" Affects American Youth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Calcium-Cool Cuisine (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)