by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Credit: CC0 Public Domain Vitamin D deficiency could be the reason African American men experience more aggressive prostate cancer at a younger age compared with European American men, new research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer suggests. The multi-institutional study, published today in Cancer Research Communications, could pave the way for revised nutritional guidelines. While...
by Main Line Health Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Clinical data increasingly has shown that patients with low vitamin D levels have a greater chance of COVID-19 infection—and severe disease and death. Now, research led by scientists from Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), part of Main Line Health, points to an explanation for the link...
Megan Brooks March 06, 2023 Vitamin D supplementation has the potential to be a viable dementia prevention strategy, especially when initiated early, new research suggests. In a large prospective cohort study, people who took vitamin D were 40% less likely to develop dementia than peers who did not take vitamin D. The effects of vitamin D were most pronounced...
by Melissa Rohman, Northwestern University Vitamin D mitigates acute inflammation with durable effects and suppresses markers of NM injury involved in IL-17 signaling pathways. (A) Volcano plot of mean normalized protein expression (NPX) changes for differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) between samples taken 72hr P-E (n = 24) and baseline (n = 24) determined by paired...
by Cochrane Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Taking vitamin D supplements does not reduce the risk of asthma attacks in children or adults, according to an updated Cochrane Review. These findings are in contrast to a previous Cochrane Review that indicated a reduction in asthma attacks in people taking vitamin D. However, the review found no harm in...
A recent study observed that people who regularly took vitamin D supplements were less likely to have melanoma. Marc Tran/Stocksy A new cross-sectional study observed that people who regularly took vitamin D supplements were less likely to have melanoma, a form of skin cancer, than those who did not take supplements. The researchers’ analysis also...
by University of Copenhagen Reduced vitamin D-induced cathelicidin expression and M. tuberculosis elimination in macrophages from the HVDRR patient (A) mRNA and (B) protein levels of cathelicidin in macrophages from control subjects (VDRWT) and the HVDRR patient (VDRR80W). The macrophages were treated with 1,25(OH)2D3 and M. tuberculosis as indicated below the graphs. The cathelicidin levels were...
by Tufts University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An estimated 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, a number that’s expected to rise as the global population ages. To find treatments that can slow or stop the disease, scientists need to better understand the factors that can cause dementia. Researchers at Tufts University have completed the...
by National Institutes of Health Credit: CC0 Public Domain It’s a workhorse nutrient that strengthens bones, supports immune function, helps the heart, and powers the body in many other ways. But recent findings about vitamin D are clear: High doses do not improve heart and circulatory health for most adults any more than modest doses do....
by National Institutes of Health Credit: CC0 Public Domain It’s a workhorse nutrient that strengthens bones, supports immune function, helps the heart, and powers the body in many other ways. But recent findings about vitamin D are clear: High doses do not improve heart and circulatory health for most adults any more than modest doses do. “It takes only...
