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Vitamin D found to influence over 200 genes, highlighting links to disease

The extent to which vitamin D deficiency may increase susceptibility to a wide range of diseases is dramatically highlighted in research published today. Scientists have mapped the points at which vitamin D interacts with ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (33) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Study shows link between vitamin D, skin cancer

A Henry Ford Hospital study has shown a link between Vitamin D levels and basal cell carcinoma, a finding that could lead researchers to better understand the development of the most common form of skin cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of cognitive decline in the elderly

A research team from the Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, has established the first clear link between vitamin D deficiency and the development of cognitive problems that are a key feature of dementia.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Miracle Aussie baby beats rare condition in world first

A "miracle" Australian baby has become the first person cured of a rare and deadly brain-melting condition after doctors gambled on an experimental drug tested only on mice, they said Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

How much vitamin D do I need?

Vitamin D -- the so-called sunshine vitamin -- is the wonder nutrient of the moment. While the vitamin is best known for helping build strong bones and absorb calcium, a vitamin D deficiency can raise the risk of everything ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Research shows why low vitamin D raises heart disease risks in diabetics

Low levels of vitamin D are known to nearly double the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, and researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis now think they know ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Studies find treating vitamin D deficiency significantly reduces heart disease risk

Preventing and treating heart disease in some patients could be as simple as supplementing their diet with extra vitamin D, according to two new studies at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, Utah.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

New study links vitamin D deficiency to cardiovascular disease and death

While mothers have known that feeding their kids milk builds strong bones, a new study by researchers at the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City suggests that Vitamin D contributes to a strong ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Amid the murk of 'gut flora,' vitamin D receptor emerges as a key player

Within the human digestive tract is a teeming mass of hundreds of types of bacteria, a potpourri of microbes numbering in the trillions that help us digest food and keep bad bacteria in check.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk of colds, flu

Vitamin D may be an important way to arm the immune system against disorders like the common cold, report investigators from the University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver) School of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New vitamin D recommendations for older men and women

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has released a new position statement on Vitamin D for older adults which makes important recommendations for vitamin D nutrition from an evidence-based perspective.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Significant findings about protein architecture may aid in drug design, generation of nanomaterials

Researchers in Singapore are reporting this week that they have gleaned key insights into the architecture of a protein that controls iron levels in almost all organisms. Their study culminated in one of the first successful ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High levels of vitamin D in older people can reduce heart disease and diabetes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Middle aged and elderly people with high levels of vitamin D could reduce their chances of developing heart disease or diabetes by 43%, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New vitamin D guidelines from Osteoporosis Canada

Comprehensive updated guidelines for vitamin D supplementation from Osteoporosis Canada provide physicians with the latest information, including new safe dose levels, in the latest online issue of CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Vitamin D deficiency rampant in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery, damaging patient recovery

Almost 50 percent of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery have vitamin D deficiency that should be corrected before surgery to improve patient outcomes, based on a study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2