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Vitamin D, specifically vitamin D3 cholecalciferol, is quite the hot topic lately. Medical journals are overflowing with the latest research findings on vitamin D and the many ways it is beneficial to one's health. Almost daily, vitamin D appears to be dominating the headlines in the media, and people all over the globe are starting to realize that vitamin D is one health factor that should not be overlooked.

To help you stay informed, we've compiled the most current vitamin D news articles here in one convenient, easy location! Continuously updated, we hope the Vitamin D Council's Vitamin D News page will come to be your preferred resource for all the latest vitamin D news.

Featured Articles

Cortlandt Forum - United States

• What lies behind the vitamin D revolution? Powered by its pervasive influence on myriad physiological processes, vitamin D is staking its claim as "Nutrient of the Decade." We now recognize that vitamin D transcends the definition of a mere vitamin: It is actually a prohormone...

Health Zone - Canada

• Breast cancer survivor credits vitamin D for recovery Rhonda Abrams sees the sun in a new light. For years she was afraid of it...By hiding from the sun, she deprived herself of an important vitamin she now credits as being pivotal in her recovery from cancer: The sunshine vitamin, D.

Phys Org - United States

• Vitamin D crucial to activating immune defenses Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defenses and that without sufficient intake of the vitamin, the killer cells of the immune system — T cells — will not be able to react to and fight off serious infections in the body.

2010.03.12

Basil & Spice - United States

• 6 Million+ Kids In USA Have Vitamin D Deficiency We were starting to think that Vitamin D deficiency was a thing of the past...But a recent study in Pediatrics showed that over six million children in the United States do not get enough Vitamin D. That is one out of every five kids! It seems that Vitamin D deficiency is more common than we thought.

Irish Medical News - Ireland

• HSE to implement vitamin D policy The Health Service Executive (HSE) is to finally implement a policy this year stating that all infants (0–12 months) should be given a daily vitamin D supplement of 5 micrograms (5 µg) vitamin D3 by their parents/guardians, in keeping with Department of Health policy and Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) recommendations.

Med Citizen - Canada

• Low vitamin D level not good for heart Low levels of Vitamin D and other nutrients may not be good for the health of your heart, according to latest research.

USDA Agricultural Research Service - United States

• Vitamin D and Calcium Interplay Explored Increasing calcium intake is a common—yet not always successful—strategy for reducing bone fractures. But a study supported in part by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) underscores the importance of vitamin D and its ability to help the body utilize calcium. The study also may explain why increasing calcium alone isn't always successful in dealing with this problem.

2010.03.11

Food Consumer - United States

• Is This the New Silver Bullet for Cancer? Doctors have known that low levels of vitamin D are linked to certain kinds of cancers as well as to diabetes and asthma, but new research also shows that the vitamin can kill human cancer cells.

2010.03.10

United Press International - United States

• Testing if vitamin D lifts winter blues U.S. researchers are testing to see if vitamin D can help lift mood during the cold weather months. Researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing are also looking at whether weekly vitamin D supplements improve blood sugar control as well — specifically in women with diabetes.

2010.03.09

East Valley Living - United States

• Grant Awarded to Study Vitamin D and Relationship to Colon Cancer Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD, Arizona Cancer Center scientist and assistant professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, and Peter Jurutka, PhD, of the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix in partnership with Arizona State University, have been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study vitamin D and its relationship to colon cancer.

Peninsula Gateway - United States

• Cooking corner: Sunshine is the best source of vitamin D Scientists and nutrition experts from various countries are of the consensus that about two-thirds of the world population does not get enough vitamin D on a daily basis. Three hundred thirty-four experts who researched vitamin D from 23 countries agreed that insufficient vitamin D is a serious public health problem.

2010.03.08

Boston University Today - United States

• Sunny Dispositions Vitamin D deficiency may be the most common medical problem in the world.

Memphis Commercial Appeal - United States

• D is for deficiency: Less exposure to sunlight leaves many Americans lacking key vitamin According to Dr. Jay Mattingly, a full-time board certified anesthesiologist working for UT Medical Group and a practicing anesthesiologist at the Trauma Center at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, more than 1 billion people worldwide are deficient in vitamin D.

Phys Org - United States

• Occupational sunlight exposure and kidney cancer risk in men According to a new study, men employed in occupations with potential exposure to high levels of sunlight have a reduced risk of kidney cancer compared with men who were less likely to be exposed to sunlight at work.

Thaindian News - India

• Vitamin D deficiency leads to obesity, stunts growth Vitamin D deficiency could be an unwitting invitation to obesity, weight gain or stunted growth among girls, says a new study.

2010.03.06

Asian Image - United Kingdom

• Asian communities at risk of vitamin D deficiency The Department of Health is urging all pregnant and breastfeeding women to take a daily vitamin D supplement to ensure their babies get enough and are at less risk of developing a vitamin D deficiency.