During the meeting of the Joint Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers and America’s Committee on Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, reported that actual content ranges between 1% and 82% of what’s on the label. Continue reading False labeling casts a shadow on OTC vitamin D products
Category Archives: Vitamin D
Vitamin D levels in adolescents with severe mental illness
Research suggests that patients with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotics have low vitamin D blood levels and may have a higher risk of hip fractures in their later years than the general population.
Researchers at Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, in France, evaluated whether the vitamin D levels in adolescent psychiatric inpatients were lower than the 30 ng/mL recommended to protect against osteoporosis. Continue reading Vitamin D levels in adolescents with severe mental illness
Most Americans get sufficient vitamin D
With so many studies showing the consequences of low vitamin D blood levels, one might think everyone in American is deficient.
Researchers from the National Center for Health Statistics report the most recent national data on vitamin D status in the US population. Continue reading Most Americans get sufficient vitamin D
Vitamins C, D, and mood disturbance in hospitalized patients
Low blood levels of vitamins C and D are prevalent in acutely hospitalized patients.
Researchers at McGill University, and Jewish General Hospital, in Montreal, Quebec, looked for a change in mood after raising blood levels of these vitamins. Continue reading Vitamins C, D, and mood disturbance in hospitalized patients
Vitamin D improves the response to steriods in asthmatics
Patients with asthma experience a variable response to inhaled corticosteroids.
Researchers from National Jewish Health, in Denver, Colorado studied the effect of vitamin D levels on this response. Continue reading Vitamin D improves the response to steriods in asthmatics
The bottom line on calcium supplements
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have written a succinct review.
Let’s cut to the chase. Continue reading The bottom line on calcium supplements
Do we overhype drug-supplement interactions?
Real and hypothetical concerns exist.
Dr. Mark Moyad (photo), who is Director of Preventive and Alternative Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, puts it into perspective. Continue reading Do we overhype drug-supplement interactions?
Status of treatment options for osteoporosis
Researchers at Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, in Hong Kong, China, reviewed the evidence for CAM in the context of the overall treatment plan. Continue reading Status of treatment options for osteoporosis
Is it possible to prevent prostate cancer with diet and supplements?
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in Seattle, Washington, reviewed the evidence. Continue reading Is it possible to prevent prostate cancer with diet and supplements?
Looking for an association between vitamin D and frailty
Researchers at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, studied elderly men. Continue reading Looking for an association between vitamin D and frailty
Vitamin D and the risk of Parkinson’s disease
Almost everyone is deficient in vitamin D, and this deficiency is implicated in several diseases.
Now, researchers at the National Institute for Health and Welfare, in Helsinki, Finland, look for an association with Parkinson’s disease. Continue reading Vitamin D and the risk of Parkinson’s disease
Should you drink milk to lose weight?
Researchers from the US and Israel studied the effects of dairy calcium and vitamin D for weight loss. Continue reading Should you drink milk to lose weight?
Vitamin D and the risk of prostate cancer
Researchers in the UK and Belgium reviewed the evidence. Continue reading Vitamin D and the risk of prostate cancer
The risk of taking a calcium supplement without taking vitamin D
Researchers in the US, UK, and Australia reviewed the evidence and tell us that taking calcium supplements without also taking vitamin D is associated with an increased risk of heart attack. Continue reading The risk of taking a calcium supplement without taking vitamin D
Mechanisms underlying the actions of vitamin D
Dr. Christine Gonzalez from Los Angeles, California, has written a thorough review of vitamin D.
Let’s focus on the actions of vitamin D thought to contribute to disease prevention. Continue reading Mechanisms underlying the actions of vitamin D
Latest vitamin D recommendations for bone health
Dr. Sandra Fryhofer, at Emory University School of Medicine, in Atlanta, Georgia, reviews the latest recommendations from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Continue reading Latest vitamin D recommendations for bone health
Reducing the risks of falls in the elderly
Dr. Mary Tinetti of Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut tells us “Falls are one of the most common health problems experienced by older adults and are a common cause of losing functional independence.” The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) recommends that healthcare professionals use their guidelines as a routine part of healthcare for the elderly. Continue reading Reducing the risks of falls in the elderly
Vitamin D and depression in people with cardiovascular disease
Depression is associated with cardiovascular disease.
Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center, in Murray, Utah, looked for an association between vitamin D deficiency and depression in these patients. Continue reading Vitamin D and depression in people with cardiovascular disease
Does vitamin D reduce progression of knee osteoarthritis?
During the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting, researchers in Boston reported (abstract 706) that adding vitamin D as a supplement did not lessen the symptoms or slow the progression of knee osteoarthritis. Continue reading Does vitamin D reduce progression of knee osteoarthritis?
Might vitamin D deficiency make you chubby?
Less vitamin D means more adiposity, according to researchers in the US and Bogota, Columbia. Continue reading Might vitamin D deficiency make you chubby?