Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D3?

Abstracted by Jessica Patella, ND, from “A 16-Week Randomized Clinical Trial of 2000 International Units Daily Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Black Youth: 15-Hydroxyvitamin D, Adiposity, and Arterial Stiffness.” in the July 21, 2010 publication of the Journal of Clinical Endocrine Metabolism. Posted August 24, 2010. Read more »

Study Finds Calcium and Vitamin D Blood Levels Linked to Ovarian Cancer

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS,  from “Independent and joint effects of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and calcium on ovarian cancer risk: A prospective nested case-control study” printed online June 18, 2010 in the European Journal of Cancer. Posted August 18, 2010. Read more »

Vitamin D May Help Protect Against Parkinson’s

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS,  from “Serum Vitamin D and the Risk of Parkinson Disease” in the July 2010 issue of the Archives of Neurology.  Posted August 13, 2010. Read more »

Vitamin D Deficiency Reaching Record Levels: What This Means for Pregnant Women

Abstracted by Jessica Patella, ND, from “Avoidance of vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy in the United Kingdom: the case for a unified approach in National policy”, in the July 2010 issue of British Journal of Nutrition.  Posted August 5, 2010. Read more »

Low Vitamin D Serum Levels Correlate with Cognitive Decline in Elderly

Abstracted by Susan Sweeny Johnson, PhD, Biochem, from “Vitamin D and Risk of Cognitive Decline in Elderly Persons”. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(13):1135-1141.  Posted July 23, 2010. Read more »

Vitamin D May Help Mental Health in Older Adults

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Depressive Symptoms in Older Women and Men” printed online May 5, 2010 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Posted July 9, 2010. Read more »

The Alternative Approach: Vitamin D Boosts Immunity against Flu

By Dr. Patrick Massey, MD, PhD, Daily Herald Columnist, June 14, 2010.  Vitamin D is an effective tool that Nature has given us to survive and thrive.  Posted July 8, 2010. Read more »

Vitamin D Supplements and Breast Cancer Risk Reduction

Abstracted by Marcia J. Egles, MD,  from Vitamin D and calcium intakes and breast cancer risk in pre- and postmenopausal women by Laura N Anderson et al in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, April 14, 2010. . Posted June 18, 2010. Read more »

Can Vitamin D Supplementation Prevent the Flu in Children?

Abstracted by Jessica Patella, ND, abstracted from “Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation to prevent seasonal influenza A in schoolchildren”, in the March 2010 issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Posted May 6, 2010. Read more »

New Study Puts Cost on Vitamin D Deficiency

Abstracted by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS, from “An estimate of the economic burden and premature deaths due to vitamin D deficiency in Canada” in the March 29, 2010 issue of Molecular Food and Nutrition Research.  Posted May 4, 2010. Read more »