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A large long-term study recently published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings confirms that there is a definite link between vitamin D deficiency and depression. The University of Texas Southwestern study, which monitored over 12,500 people for a period of four years, concluded that low vitamin D levels are definitely associated with increased risk of depressive disorder. The study, . . . → Read More: Major Large Scale Study Confirms Link between Vitamin D Deficiency And Depression New international research confirms that keeping vitamin D levels high may help reduce the odds of developing diabetes, particularly among those who are already at risk. Diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disorder in which the body produces insufficient insulin to properly process glucose or blood sugar, is among the most widespread conditions in the US. According to the . . . → Read More: New Studies Confirm That High Vitamin D Levels Reduce Risk of Diabetes New research confirms that the link between vitamin D and breast cancer is indeed a powerful one, suggesting that women with high levels of the vitamin could have a significantly lower risk of developing the disease. The most recent review of the ongoing research on the vitamin D/breast cancer connection, published in the September 2011 issue of . . . → Read More: Research Review Confirms Link Between Vitamin D and Breast Cancer Two recent studies confirm the importance of vitamin D benefits from conception through birth and childhood. A new Dutch study indicates that newborns with low levels of vitamin D are six times more likely to develop respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the primary cause of serious lung infections during the first months of life. The study, conducted by the . . . → Read More: New Studies Show Vitamin D Benefits Crucial To Health From Conception Through Childhood The vitamin D/depression connection: deficiency of vitamin D, depression, and other mood disorders have been linked by new studies that suggest increasing blood levels of the sunshine vitamin has potential as an effective, affordable depression treatment. Long recognized as crucial to the development and maintenance of strong bones, vitamin D has recently been discovered to be of . . . → Read More: Low Vitamin D Depression Linked By New Research Continuing international research shows that vitamin D deficiency significantly increases the risk of colds, flu, and other upper respiratory infections. An undeniable link between vitamin D deficiency and susceptibility to seasonal upper respiratory infections like colds and flu has been repeatedly demonstrated, and recent research suggests that maintaining optimum levels of the vitamin is one of the . . . → Read More: International Research Shows Upper Respiratory Infections/Vitamin D Deficiency Link Vitamin D deficiency can increase the risk of urinary incontinence in women, according to a new study. The study, headed by Dr. Samuel Badalian of SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse and recently published in the journal of Obstetrics & Gynegology, says that urinary incontinence is among many pelvic floor disorders that are exacerbated by low levels . . . → Read More: New Research Links Vitamin D Deficiency, Urinary Incontinence in Women New research says that with low levels of vitamin D, women may be at 70% greater risk of broken hips. Broken hips are one of the most common and most serious age-related health threats. There are about 1.6 million broken hips worldwide each year, with 75% of the fractures happening to women over 50. Broken hips leave . . . → Read More: Vitamin D: Women With Low Levels 70% More Likely To Have Broken Hips Without enough vitamin D women face significantly increased health risks at all stages of life. Vitamin D has long been recognized for its importance to bone strength, but a growing body of medical evidence indicates that it plays a crucial role in many aspects of health. Though it is the only vitamin that the body can produce, . . . → Read More: Vitamin D: Women Need It At All Stages Of Life Feeling achy? It could be a sign that you’re suffering from vitamin D deficiency. Long recognized as important to the prevention of bone diseases, D vitamin builds and protects bone health and strength by regulating the amount of calcium our bones receive. Deficiency of this crucial vitamin has been identified as a cause of severe and disabling diseases . . . → Read More: Vitamin D: Body Aches Could Be Sign of Vitamin D Deficiency 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Over the past decade vitamin D, long known as a key to bone strength, has also been linked to prevention of a host illnesses, ranging from cancer and heart disease to asthma. But during that same period, a dramatic trend to being deficient in vitamin D has spread to as much as three fourths of the adult US population. . . . → Read More: Three-Fourths of US Teens and Adults Deficient in Vitamin D Could a deficiency of vitamin D be linked to both obesity and chronic pain conditions? A new Mayo Clinic Study says yes on both counts. The study focused on patients who were being treated for chronic pain conditions and who had been prescribed narcotic pain medication. The results showed that patients who had low Vitamin D levels . . . → Read More: Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Obesity and Chronic Pain Conditions |
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