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Experts at a recent nutritional symposium have concluded that fortified food or supplements including calcium, folic acid and vitamins, can play an important role to improve the nutrient intake of the Irish population. Below are the key points of their messages.… continue reading

The Canadian Press TORONTO — With study after study touting the potential benefits of vitamin D, which could include staving off some cancers, requests for tests to check patients’ blood levels have soared in the last year, swamping some medical labs.… continue reading

News Staff Most people with chronic back pain have inadequate levels of vitamin D and their symptoms are either alleviated or eliminated when they increase their daily intake of the vitamin, a new report says. In an analysis of 22 clinical trials of people with chronic back pain, Dr.… continue reading

Provided by: The Canadian Press Written by: Lindsey Tanner, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – New research linking low vitamin D levels with deaths from heart disease and other causes bolsters mounting evidence about the “sunshine” vitamin’s role in good health. Patients with the lowest blood levels of vitamin D were about two times more likely to die from any cause during the next eight years than those with the highest levels, the study found.… continue reading

By Deborah Kotz, US News & World Report Coinciding with the first week of summer, a study published today underscores the importance of getting adequate amounts of sunlight for its vitamin D-boosting benefits. The research, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, shows that those with the lowest vitamin D levels have more than double the risk of dying from heart disease and other causes over an eight-year period compared with those with the highest vitamin D levels.… continue reading