Washington, July 16 : A health expert has said that more than half of the world’’s population gets insufficient vitamin D.
Anthony Norman, a distinguished professor emeritus of biochemistry and biomedical sciences and an international expert on vitamin D, notes that half the people in North America and Western Europe get insufficient amounts of vitamin D.
“Elsewhere, [...]
Washington, June 26 : Scientists have contributed to a limited but growing body of evidence of a link between vitamin D and cognitive function.
The study was led by epidemiologist Katherine Tucker with the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University in Boston, Mass.
Metabolic pathways for vitamin D have been [...]
Washington, May 12 : Older women receiving an annual large dose of vitamin D may have an increased risk of falls and fractures, says a new study.
According to the research in the May 12 issue of JAMA, women age 70 years or older who received a single annual high dose of vitamin D had a [...]
Washington, May 1 (ANI): Vitamin D intake during pregnancy is not only safe for mother and baby, but also can prevent preterm labor/births and infections, says a new study.
The results of the randomized controlled study have been presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
In the 1950s and ”60s, [...]
Washington, Apr 30 : In a new study, neurologists at the University at Buffalo have shown that low vitamin D levels may be associated with more advanced physical disability and cognitive impairment in persons with multiple sclerosis.
The study results, reported at the American Academy of Neurology meeting, held earlier this month, indicated that: The majority [...]
Washington, April 26 : A new study suggests that proper intake of vitamin D (the ‘sunshine’ vitamin) is related to better physical function in seniors.
Dr. Denise Houston from the Sticht Center on Aging at Wake Forest University and her colleagues studied the relationship between vitamin D status and physical function in a group of relatively [...]
Washington, Apr 16 : Low levels of vitamin D are linked to lower lung function and greater medication use in children with asthma, according to a study.
Researchers, led by Dr. Daniel Searing at National Jewish Health, also reported that vitamin D enhances the activity of corticosteroids, the most effective controller medication for asthma.
“Asthmatic children in [...]
Washington, Mar 23 : Ultraviolet portion of sunlight plays a bigger role than vitamin D in controlling multiple sclerosis (MS), according to researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
For more than 30 years, scientists have known that multiple sclerosis (MS) is much more common in higher latitudes than in the tropics.
Because sunlight is more abundant near the [...]
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Treating vitamin D deficiency with supplements may help to prevent or reduce a person’’s risk for cardiovascular disease and a host of other chronic conditions, say researchers.
According to two new studies at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, Utah, preventing and treating heart disease in some patients could be [...]
Washington, March 15 (ANI): Supplementing vitamin D in those with atherosclerosis or “hardening of the arteries,” may have different effects in black and white patients, suggests a study.
Experts at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine found that the supplement could actually do harm in black individuals.
Principal investigator Barry I. Freedman, John H. Felts III [...]