the results could provide clues to improved treatment or prevention of osteoporosis , according to the scientists with the u.s. department of agriculture 's human nutrition center on aging at tufts university in medford , mass. ; vitamin d recommendation ; on the basis of the study , reported in the annals of internal medicine , one rheumatologist said he would recommend that women who have gone through menopause immediately start taking extra vitamin d. ; `` it 's a small price to pay , especially for the elderly who may need the other vitamins as well '' in multivitamins , said dr. john abruzzo of thomas jefferson university . ;