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  Vitamin D Lower in NFL Football Players Who Suffered Muscled Injuries, Study Suggests

  July 10, 2011 — Vitamin D deficiency has been known to cause an assortment of health problems. Now, a new study suggests that lack of the vitamin might also increase the chance of muscle injuries in athletes, ... > full story
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  Advances in Research Into Alzheimer's Disease

  July 9, 2011 — Advancing age is a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and is associated with build- up of the peptide amyloid beta in the brain. New research shows that removal of amyloid beta from the brain ... > full story
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  Vitamin D Can Help Elderly Women Survive, Review Suggests

  July 5, 2011 — Giving vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) to predominantly elderly women, mainly in institutional care, seems to increase survival. These women are likely to be vitamin D deficient with a significant risk ... > full story
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  Getting Enough 'Sunshine Vitamin' May Not Just Be About Catching Rays, New Blood Test Reveals

  June 29, 2011 — Researchers have developed a new highly-accurate blood test which can detect how much a patient’s diet could be responsible for a lack of the so-called ‘sunshine vitamin’. Vitamin D ... > full story
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  Vitamin D Supplements Found to Be Safe for Healthy Pregnant Women

  June 27, 2011 — Use of vitamin D supplements during pregnancy has long been a matter of concern, but now researchers report that even a high supplementation amount in healthy pregnant women was safe and effective in ... > full story
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  Vitamin A Deficiency Does Not Affect Onset of Asthma, Study Suggests

  June 22, 2011 — Vitamin A deficiency does not increase the risk of asthma, according to new ... > full story
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  A Breath of Fresh Air for Detecting Vitamin B12 Deficiency

  June 22, 2011 — Researchers have developed a new test to detect the levels of vitamin B12 using your breath, allowing for a cheaper, faster, and simpler diagnosis that could help to avoid the potentially fatal ... > full story
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  More Evidence Vitamin D Boosts Immune Response

  June 17, 2011 — Laboratory-grown gingival cells treated with vitamin D boosted their production of an endogenous antibiotic, and killed more bacteria than untreated cells, according to a new study. The research ... > full story
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  Experts Recommend Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency in at-Risk Populations

  June 6, 2011 — The Endocrine Society has released "Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline." The clinical practice guideline (CPG) is ... > full story
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  High Levels of Vitamin D Needed for Bone Density Drugs to Work, Study Shows

  June 6, 2011 — To fully optimize a drug therapy for osteoporosis and low bone mineral density, patients should maintain vitamin D levels above the limits recently recommended by the Institute of Medicine, according ... > full story

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