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A Decade Of Vitamin D Supplementation Would Save $4.4 Trillion
Thursday, May 28, 2009
By Bill Sardi
Health demographers guesstimate that if human populations in Northern Europe were to achieve adequate vitamin D3 levels (40 nanograms per milliliter of blood sample) this would save 17.7% in direct and indirect healthcare costs, saving hundreds of billions of dollars/Euros per year.… continue reading
Scientist calls for more research into vitamin D’s link with Alzheimer’’s, vascular dementia
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Washington, May 27 (ANI): Based on an analyses of previous studies, a research article suggests that further investigation into Vitamin D deficiency’s possible direct or indirect linkages with Alzheimer’’s disease and vascular dementia is needed. William B. Grant, PhD of the Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center (SUNARC), writes that low serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] have been associated with increased risk for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, depression, dental caries, osteoporosis, and periodontal disease, all of which are either considered risk factors for dementia or have preceded incidence of dementia.… continue reading
Vitamin D may offer hope to sufferers of MS
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Michel Cottier takes a large dose of vitamin D as part of a University of Toronto test trial on its effects on MS sufferers. Canadian research is shedding light on intriguing evidence that vitamin D may cut relapse for some multiple sclerosis patients.… continue reading
Current Vitamin D Recommendations ‘Grossly Inadequate’
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Current recommendations for Vitamin D were called “grossly inadequate” today at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 18th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress. “National recommendations from the Food and Nutrition Board are 400 to 600 International Units (IU) a day,” Neil Binkley, MD, an Associate Professor in Geriatrics and Endocrinology at the University of Wisconsin said.… continue reading
Low Vit-D ups infection in pregnancy
Monday, May 25, 2009
WASHINGTON: Expectant women with low levels of vitamin D are at an increased risk of developing a common vaginal infection that raises the risk of preterm delivery, finds a new study. University of Pittsburgh researchers have revealed that pregnant women with vitamin D deficiency may suffer from bacterial vaginosis (BV), a common vaginal infection.… continue reading
