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Nearly 80 Million Americans Won't Need Vitamin D Supplements Under New Guidelines
October 24, 2012 Nearly 80 million Americans would no longer need to take vitamin D supplements under new Institute of Medicine guidelines, according to a new ... > full story -
Vitamin D Supplements May Benefit Lupus Patients
October 16, 2012 A new clinical study provides preliminary evidence that vitamin D supplementation could be considered an immunomodulatory agent for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a debilitating autoimmune ... > full story -
Vitamin C Prevents Bone Loss in Animal Models
October 9, 2012 Researchers have shown for the first time in an animal model that vitamin C actively protects against osteoporosis, a disease affecting large numbers of elderly women and men in which bones become ... > full story -
Vitamin Variants Could Combat Cancer as Scientists Unravel B12 Secrets
October 8, 2012 In a development that may lead to new drugs to treat cancer, scientists have discovered the process by which a key vitamin (B12) is made in ... > full story -
Vitamin D Supplementation Does Not Reduce Rate or Severity of Colds, Study Suggests
October 2, 2012 Although some data have suggested a possible inverse association between serum vitamin D levels and the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections (colds), participants in a randomized ... > full story -
Low Levels of Vitamin D Are Associated With Mortality in Older Adults
October 2, 2012 Low levels of vitamin D and high levels of parathyroid hormone are associated with increased mortality in African American and Caucasian older adults, according to a new ... > full story -
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to More Severe Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
October 2, 2012 Low blood levels of vitamin D are associated with an increased number of brain lesions and signs of a more active disease state in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study finds, suggesting a ... > full story -
Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Risk of Heart Disease, Danish Study Finds
September 24, 2012 New research from Denmark shows that low levels of vitamin D are associated with a markedly higher risk of heart attack and early death. The study involved more than 10,000 ... > full story -
Gestational Exposure to Urban Air Pollution Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency in Newborns
September 13, 2012 Gestational exposure to ambient urban air pollution, especially during late pregnancy, may contribute to lower vitamin D levels in offspring, according to a recent ... > full story -
First Pediatric Study to Look at the Role of Vitamin D in Critical Illness
September 12, 2012 Vitamin D is increasingly being recognized as important for good health. Vitamin D is a hormone made in the skin following sun exposure or acquired from diet and supplement intake. Previous medical ... > full story
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