Vitamin D intake could reduce cancer mortality in the population by 12 percent—provided the vitamin is taken daily. This was the result of an evaluation of 14 studies of the highest quality conducted at the German Cancer ...
May 9, 2023
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Vitamin D deficiency could be the reason African American men experience more aggressive prostate cancer at a younger age compared with European American men, new research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer suggests. The multi-institutional ...
Apr 18, 2023
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If you work indoors, live in the north, avoid the sun, are lactose intolerant, vegan, elderly or darker skinned, chances are you may be deficient in vitamin D. It's a common problem affecting as many as 25% of Americans, ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Vitamin D deficiency is common among serving military personnel of navies in the global north, especially submariners, finds a systematic review of the available evidence, published online in Occupational & Environmental ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Vitamin D plays an integral role in regulating immune function, and Penn State researchers have identified immune cells in mice that can be differentiated by whether or not they have vitamin D receptors—a finding that could ...
Mar 13, 2023
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The study provides the most up to date findings on vitamin D intake and factors affecting vitamin D status of adults in Ireland, and has been published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
Feb 16, 2023
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The human immune system is arguably the most complex system in the human body. But scientists have made a lot of progress in understanding how it functions.
Feb 9, 2023
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Women who take extra vitamin D during their pregnancy are more likely to have a 'natural' delivery, according to University of Southampton research.
Feb 6, 2023
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Taking vitamin D supplements does not reduce the risk of asthma attacks in children or adults, according to an updated Cochrane Review.
Feb 5, 2023
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A new study hints that treating low vitamin D levels with supplements might have a critical benefit for certain people: a decreased risk of attempting suicide.
Feb 2, 2023
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