Vitamin D, Mood Vitamin

If you’re low on vitamin D, mood swings could be one of the side effects.

One of the few vitamins the body can actually manufacture, vitamin D is known as the sunshine vitamin because exposure to the sun triggers its production in the skin. Its primary biologic function is to regulate calcium levels, and it was long . . . → Read More: Vitamin D, Mood Vitamin

More Research Links Low Vitamin D and Cancer

A new study on the link between vitamin D and cancer suggests that low vitamin D levels enable the spread of the disease.

A study by the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California San Diego has produced a new model of cancer development. The currently-accepted model of cancer development considers genetic mutations to be the . . . → Read More: More Research Links Low Vitamin D and Cancer

More Studies Make Vitamin D/Asthma Connection

Recent Harvard Medical School research supports the vitamin D asthma connection; deficiency contributes to both an increased risk of asthma attacks in children and to the severity of asthma attacks.

The study, which monitored more than 600 children diagnosed with asthma, assessed the participants for lung function, presence of allergies, and blood levels of vitamin D. The . . . → Read More: More Studies Make Vitamin D/Asthma Connection

Study Shows Another Vitamin D/Breast Cancer Link

A new Columbia University study shows a vitamin D breast cancer link; as many as three-fourths of premenopausal women with early stage breast cancer have vitamin D deficiency. It was further found that daily supplementation of 400 IU per day did not correct the deficiency.

The 103 women on whom the study focused were all receiving chemotherapy. . . . → Read More: Study Shows Another Vitamin D/Breast Cancer Link

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to MS/Multiple Sclerosis

Research results provide a mounting body of evidence linking vitamin D deficiency to MS/multiple sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a devastating central nervous system disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord. The disease affects about 400,000 people in the US. While the cause of MS remains unknown, a number of . . . → Read More: Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to MS/Multiple Sclerosis

Deficiency of Vitamin D Linked to Flu

Research suggests that seasonal deficiency of vitamin D could be linked to flu outbreaks in North America and other temperate areas.

Flu is largely seasonal in temperate areas, appearing and spreading rapidly during the fall and winter, subsiding through the spring and summer months, and sometimes reemerging the following autumn.Records show that flu outbreaks occur when solar . . . → Read More: Deficiency of Vitamin D Linked to Flu

Study Shows Deficiency of Vitamin D Common In Canadian Children

A new Toronto-based study shows that as many as a third of Canadian children have a deficiency of Vitamin D, putting them at risk for bone disease now and potentially at risk for a variety of health problems as adults.

The vitamin has long been associated with bone health and strength, and recent research has shown that . . . → Read More: Study Shows Deficiency of Vitamin D Common In Canadian Children

Deficiency of Vitamin D Identified as Serious Global Health Problem

Deficiency of vitamin D has been classed with malaria and neonatal disease as a major cause of childhood mortality, according to the Center for Global Child Health at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. . . . → Read More: Deficiency of Vitamin D Identified as Serious Global Health Problem

Study Confirms Link Between Critical Illness, Deficiency of Vitamin D

As many as half of patients in critical care have a deficiency of vitamin D, according to a recently-released Australian study. . . . → Read More: Study Confirms Link Between Critical Illness, Deficiency of Vitamin D