Pediatricians double vitamin D recommendations

October 13, 2008 By LINDSEY TANNER , AP Medical Writer

(AP) -- The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.

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