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Quest Acknowledges Errors in Vitamin D Tests

Quest Acknowledges Errors in Vitamin D Tests

The nation’s largest medical laboratory company provided possibly erroneous results to thousands of people who had their vitamin D levels tested in the last two years, the company has acknowledged.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/business/08labtest.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
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I saw this on GMA.  They also had a doctor on there recently talking about taking Vitamin D3 if you had fibro/cfs? Has anyone heard of this? Thanks!
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Yes ! Low vitamin D are common findings in CFS patients. Here's a link that may be helpful to you and give you other tests that CFS often fail:

http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Fibromyalgia/Diagnostic--Blood-Tests-to-Help-Diagnose-CFS/show/376?cid=39
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