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Getting a good dose of vitamin D
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
UNION-TRIBUNE – Medical and nutrition experts offers some ways to get more vitamin D in your life: The National Institutes of Health recommends getting about 10 minutes of sun exposure on your arms, legs and hands two to three times a week without using sunscreen.… continue reading
Fifty Percent of Americans are Vitamin D Deficient
Friday, February 29, 2008
There’s something simple you can do to help protect yourself against ailments ranging from cancer to depression. Chances are, you’re not taking the cure. It’s vitamin D — and some experts believe as many as 50 percent of healthy adults and children are deficient in this essential nutrient.… continue reading
D Is for Debate
Friday, February 29, 2008
Robert Langreth
A controversy is brewing over vitamin D. Will an extra dose protect you from cancer and infections? Vitamin D builds strong bones. That’s what everyone knows. The discovery of how to isolate this nutrient that helps the body absorb calcium led to a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1928.… continue reading
Association of Activated Vitamin D Treatment
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD; Shahram Ahmadzadeh, MD; John E. Anderson, MD; Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD
Treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) with activated vitamin D analogues is associated with better survival in patients receiving dialysis. It is unclear whether such a benefit is present in patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD).… continue reading
Study shows effects of vitamin D and skin’s physiology
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Boston, MA— Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that previtamin D3 production varies depending on several factors including skin type and weather conditions. The study will appear in the March 2008 issue of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.… continue reading
