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The best foods for brain health
It's easy to see the connection between an unhealthy diet and an expanding waistline. The connection between food and brain health can be harder to get your mind around.
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Time to add some sunshine (vitamin D) to milk and bread
Free vitamin D supplements will be sent to over 2 million clinically vulnerable people in England this winter. Over 80% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are vitamin D deficient compared with the general population. ...
Nov 13, 2020
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Why COVID makes it more important than ever that pregnant (and breastfeeding) women take vitamin D
Vitamin D, often known as the "sunshine vitamin," is normally obtained through exposure of our skin to the sun. The Department of Health recommends that everyone in the UK should take a supplement of vitamin D during the ...
Nov 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study: Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of getting COVID-19
In a retrospective study of patients tested for COVID-19, researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine found an association between vitamin D deficiency and the likelihood of becoming infected with the coronavirus.
Sep 3, 2020
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What's the relationship between low levels of vitamin B-12 and depression?
Vitamin B-12 and other B vitamins play a role in producing brain chemicals that affect mood and other brain functions. Low levels of B-12 and other B vitamins such as vitamin B-6 and folate may be linked to depression.
Sep 1, 2020
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Immunology
Don't count on vitamin D to ease childhood asthma
(HealthDay)—Vitamin D supplements don't prevent severe asthma attacks in at-risk children, according to a study that challenges previous research.
Aug 25, 2020
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Multivitamin, mineral supplement linked to less-severe, shorter-lasting illness symptoms
Older adults who took a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement with zinc and high amounts of vitamin C in a 12-week study experienced sickness for shorter periods and with less severe symptoms than counterparts in a control ...
Aug 18, 2020
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Vitamin D twice a day may keep vertigo away
Taking vitamin D and calcium twice a day may reduce your chances of getting vertigo again, according to a study published in the August 5, 2020, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Aug 5, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Vitamin D may help prevent a common side effect of anti-cancer immunotherapy
New research indicates that taking vitamin D supplements may help prevent a potentially serious side effect of a revolutionary form of anti-cancer therapy. The findings are published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed ...
Jun 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Vitamin D determines severity in COVID-19 so government advice needs to change
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin are calling on the government in Ireland to change recommendations for vitamin D supplements
May 12, 2020
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