Miriam E. Tucker June 15, 2023 CHICAGO – Use of a ratio of vitamin D metabolites to assess vitamin D status rather than total 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] level may provide a better index of individual susceptibility to bone damage due to deficiency, new research suggests. The study supports previous data suggesting that a ratio cut-off of greater than 100...
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Maternal vitamin D deficiency found to increase lifetime diabetes risk in offspring
by Jim Dryden, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Top genes, networks, and pathways identified in transcriptome analysis of bone marrow from recipient mice transplanted with HSCs isolated from embryos from VD-sufficient and -deficient dams. VD(−) vs. VD( + ) FL-HSCs were transplanted into VD(+) mice, and global mRNA expression was evaluated by microarray in recipient...
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Does Vitamin D Deficiency Cause Obesity or Vice Versa?
Caroline Apovian, MD December 27, 2022 Caroline Apovian, MD A recent study found that people with obesity have lower blood levels of vitamin D than people of healthy weight. This association of obesity with low vitamin D levels has led to much speculation on whether low vitamin D levels cause obesity or whether obesity causes low vitamin D levels. The interest in this...
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7 Health Conditions Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency, From Diabetes to Dementia
Written by Megan N. Freeland, PharmD, RPh | Reviewed by Katie E. Golden, MD Updated on February 7, 2023 Key takeaways: Your body relies on vitamin D to keep your bones, heart and blood vessels, and immune system healthy. Most vitamin D comes from the sun. But it’s also found in some foods and can...
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Vitamin D Deficiency Clearly Linked to Inflammation
Nancy A. Melville August 19, 2022 Vitamin D deficiency has a causative role in the systemic inflammation that commonly accompanies it, with inflammation declining, reflected by reductions in elevated C-reactive protein (CRP), as vitamin D levels increase to normal levels, new research shows. However, there is no reverse effect between the two: changes in CRP levels did not appear...
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Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of losing muscle strength by 78%
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO Vitamin D plays an important role in the regulation of calcium and phosphorus absorption by the organism. It also helps keep the brain and immune system working. Researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil and University College London (UCL) in the...
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Vitamin D deficiency linked to premature death
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA IMAGE: VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IS ASSOCIATED WITH PREMATURE DEATH CREDIT: RHYS A It’s the vitamin that we get from the sun, yet despite its ample availability, one in three Australian adults still suffer from mild, moderate or severe vitamin D deficiency. Now, new research from the University of South Australia gives strong evidence that vitamin D deficiency...
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Vitamin D deficiency in melanoma patients associated with worse overall survival, new study finds
by European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Credit: CC0 Public Domain Vitamin D levels affect overall survival for melanoma (skin cancer) patients, a new study presented at the 31st European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress has shown. Dermatology researchers discovered that those who were deficient in vitamin D (lower than 10ng/mL) following their melanoma diagnosis were twice as...
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Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk for addiction to opioids and ultraviolet rays
by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Vitamin D deficiency strongly exaggerates the craving for and effects of opioids, potentially increasing the risk for dependence and addiction, according to a new study led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). These findings, published in Science Advances, suggest that addressing the common problem of vitamin D deficiency...
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Study finds new and effective treatment for vitamin D deficiency
by Boston University School of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There are several million people worldwide with various fat malabsorption syndromes including those who have undergone gastric bypass surgery and those with obesity. These patients often have a difficult time absorbing vitamin D and both groups of patients are at an increased risk for vitamin D...
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