{"id":8220,"date":"2012-02-20T04:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2012-02-19T23:22:20","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T04:22:20","slug":"quote-of-the-week-d-will-lower-health-care-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/quote-of-the-week-d-will-lower-health-care-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Week:<br\/>\u2018D\u2019 Will Lower Health-Care Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>&#8220;Vitamin D may represent the single most cost-effective medical intervention we have today.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 Minneapolis internist Dr. Greg Plotnikoff, as quoted in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Plotnikoff is the author of a study suggesting that employers could save $112 to $370 per employee each year in preventable illness and improved productivity by encouraging workers to boost their vitamin D.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Star-Tribune, \u201cThe study, being published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine&#8217;s March issue, was based on data from more than 10,600 workers at Minneapolis-based Allina Health. Allina operates the Center for Health Care Innovation and the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, which Plotnikoff leads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 60 percent of the women in the study were vitamin D deficient, which is why Plotnikoff advocates taking action now. &#8220;We have no problem ordering a $1,500 MRI or a $90,000 course of Avastin for cancer,&#8221; he told the Star-Tribune. &#8220;Why wait 10 years for randomized controlled trial &#8230; when you can measure, replenish and see right away if it makes a difference?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/lifestyle\/wellness\/139163249.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>To read the story click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcactionnews.com\/dpp\/lifestyle\/wellness\/could-vitamin-d-help-health----and-health-care-costs\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>To see an ABC News report on the Tribune\u2019s story click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Vitamin D may represent the single most cost-effective medical intervention we have today.&#8221; \u2014 Minneapolis internist Dr. Greg Plotnikoff, as quoted in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. 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