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...
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...
