Welcome to the Vitamin D Council website
This website is for anyone interested in vitamin D news and research. Many come here to find more information on deficiency, toxicity, health conditions related to vitamin D, and supplementation.
Vitamin D news
- 02 Feb 2012
- New study shows possible link between Vitamin D deficiency and death risk in hemodialysis patients
- Hemodialysis (HD) patients with severe vitamin D deficiency are more than twice as likely to die from any cause compared with those who have sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a German study.
- 02 Feb 2012
- Vitamin D deficiency may increase stroke risk
- People who live in sunny places may have a lower risk of stroke, new research suggests. The researchers believe it is the first to show an association between sunlight and stroke.
- 01 Feb 2012
- Vitamin D Council teaming with Bio-Tech Pharmacal to give away vitamin D supplements to organizations, programs and initiatives
- The Vitamin D Council is partnering with Bio-Tech Pharmacal to give away bottles of 4000 IU capsules of vitamin D3. The organization is opening up a grant application cycle to the public, looking to provide organizations with the supplements to enhance a program or initiative.
- 31 Jan 2012
- Pesticides linked to vitamin D deficiency
- Pesticides could be suppressing people's vitamin D levels, leading to deficiency and disease, say scientists. The warning follows the discovery that adults with high serum concentrations of organochlorine pesticides such as DDT have lower vitamin D levels.
- 26 Jan 2012
- Vitamin D deficiency in UK a 'major problem'
- A quarter of all toddlers in the UK are lacking Vitamin D, according to research. 74 per cent of parents know nothing about supplements and more than half of healthcare professionals are also unaware.
Members' blog
- 03 Feb 2012
New study suggests vitamin D deficiency linked to increased stroke risk- On February 2nd, researchers at the University of Alabama announced that sunlight is inversely associated with stroke: the more sunlight the fewer strokes. The authors also commented on the poor wisdom of avoiding all sunlight; that is, they implied the dermatologists have done us harm.
- 02 Feb 2012
Dr Cannell featured on Charter Local Edition- Dr Cannell discusses Vitamin D with Brad Pomerance of Charter Local Edition. Take a look!
- 02 Feb 2012
Vitamin D deficiency in Saudi Arabian women with fibromyalgia- Fibromyalgia is incredibly common; up to 2-3 % of the populations have it. Like depression, it increasingly appears that vitamin D deficiency is one cause of fibromyalgia. That is, a subgroup of people with fibromyalgia actually has osteomalacia, or adult rickets.
- 01 Feb 2012
Serum D and C-Reactive Protein (CRP)- James Larsen looks into a recently published study in the American Journal of Cardiology that pulled data on serum D and CRP from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) historical national survey. Their findings have raised the question in several large media outlets, does increased D increase cardiovascular disease risk?
- 31 Jan 2012
Washing away vitamin D- It is possible that when we shower after those beautiful sun-filled days at the beach we are washing away vital vitamin D that is produced on the surface of our skin.
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