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http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/844214[h=1]Magnesium Deficiency: The Real Emperor of All Maladies?[/h] George D. Lundberg, MD
Consulting Professor, Pathology, Health Research Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Editor-at-Large, Medscape
Hello and welcome. I am Dr George Lundberg, and this is At Large at Medscape.
How is your magnesium level? I bet you don't know. You may not think much about it. How about your various patients' magnesium levels? If you think calcium metabolism in health and disease is complicated, and I do, you ain't seen nothing yet. Try magnesium. With calcium, serum levels give you a pretty good idea as to whether the body has enough. With magnesium, not so much...
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