Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainScientists have shown that storing your eggs on the worktop rather than in the fridge—and how you cook them—matters when it comes to preserving vitamin D, known as the “sunshine vitamin.” Researchers at Newcastle University analyzed vitamin D-enriched eggs from the popular brand Happy Egg Co. to determine how the concentration of...
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaReviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLMIn a recent review published in Nutrients, researchers reviewed existing data on the mechanisms underlying vitamin D’s effects on fatigue. Study: Vitamin D and Its Role on the Fatigue Mitigation: A Narrative Review. Image Credit: Iryna Imago/Shutterstock.comStudy: Vitamin D and Its Role on the Fatigue Mitigation: A Narrative...
by Intermountain Healthcare Low levels of vitamin D have been shown to be associated with a higher risk of having a cardiac event, like a heart attack or stroke. For this reason, treatment by vitamin D pills or injections are being investigated as a possible preventative method in these patients. Credit: Intermountain Health Low levels...
Marilynn Larkin October 26, 2023 TOPLINE: Serum vitamin D levels are significantly lower and the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is significantly higher in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) compared with controls, although a causal relationship cannot be demonstrated. METHODOLOGY: TAKEAWAY: SOURCE: Yan Wang, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an,...
Sara Moniuszko Thu, September 21, 2023 at 12:59 PM MST Peter Dazeley via Getty ImagesAre you getting enough vitamin D? For millions of Americans, experts say the answer is no. This isn’t helped by so many people working indoors everyday, says Dr. Kevin Cooke, a physician at Aviv Clinics with a background in both internal...
by Boston University School of Medicine Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For more than 100 years, it has been believed that sunlight and vitamin D deficiency were associated with the risk for many deadly cancers including colorectal, prostate and breast. But some scientists remained skeptical that this nutrient provides any benefit for reducing cancer risk and morbidity...
A study found a link between vitamin D levels and the severity of psoriasis. Raymond Forbes LLC/Stocksy Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disorder characterized by raised, inflamed and scaly patches of skin that can also be itchy and painful. The severity of psoriasis varies greatly from person to person. New research shows that low vitamin D levels...
Pauline Anderson, July 05, 2023 TOPLINE: High-dose vitamin D supplementation may prevent atrial fibrillation (AF) in healthy elderly men and women, a post hoc analysis from a randomized trial conducted in Finland suggests. METHODOLOGY: Observational studies have suggested that vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased risk for AF, but few randomized trials have looked at the effect of...
Eve Bender High-dose vitamin D in patients with relapsing, remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) does not prevent relapse, results from a randomized control trial show. However, at least one expert believes the study’s exclusion criteria may have been too broad. Dr Ellen Mowry The investigation of vitamin D to prevent relapse of MS is based on older observational studies of...
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH February 15, 2023 Hello. This is Dr JoAnn Manson, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. I’d like to talk with you about a recent report in Annals of Internal Medicine on vitamin D and type 2 diabetes. This report provides some new insights, but it also...
