Every year, billions are spent in fertility clinics; the result of which is often in vitro fertilization (IVF). About 5 years ago, I began receiving emails from a nurse practitioner working in a fertility clinic in Indiana. Her experience was dramatic; 5,000 IU/day for both the man and woman frequently resulted in a healthy baby. However, her last email to me was quite sad, she was in danger of losing her job as her boss, a gynecologist, was losing money due to vitamin D. He ordered her to stop advocating it or lose her job.

Today, the Daily Mail and several other newspapers reviewed a lengthy article in The European Journal of Endocrinology concluding, “Given the high prevalence of infertility and vitamin D insufficiency in otherwise healthy young women and men and the possible role of vitamin D in human reproduction, research might lead to new therapeutic approaches such as vitamin D supplementation in the treatment of female and male reproductive disorders.”

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Since 1972, tens of thousands of families and individuals in and around Boston have turned to the Mattapan Community Health Center for a wide array of health care services.

We are committed to improving the quality of life for our patients and the greater Mattapan community through health education, advocacy, and hands-on delivery of health care.

A Healthy Community. A Healthy You.

The Mattapan Communtiy Health Center sponsors two annual community activites which are free and open to the public; Health Care revival and our Annual Board of Directors Meeting. Our biggest annual event is our fundraiser; Rock the Boat.

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