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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

Before It's News - United States

• What Vitamin D Means to Your Technology Profits The scientific consensus that has held sway for four decades regarding both exposure to the sun and vitamin D has collapsed. What has emerged in place of the old settled science is the knowledge that most people in America are seriously vitamin D deficient or insufficient. The same is true for Canada and Europe, and the implications are staggering.

PR Newswire (press release) - United States

• Cancer, Heart Disease, Stroke, Diabetes, Chronic Pain and Depression Share a Major Pathology Factor For decades, consumers have been the target of a disinformation campaign from conventional medicine and the pharmaceutical industry that created a fear of sunshine.

Tonic - United States

• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Vitamin D Frank Lipman, M.D., the founder and director of Eleven Eleven Wellness Center in New York City, shares answers to all your questions about Vitamin D.

2010.02.09

Herald Sun - Australia

• Third of Melbourne women may be deficient in vitamin D At least a third of Melbourne women may be deficient in vitamin D, with doctors blaming the popular "slip, slop, slap" message.

2010.02.07

Men's News Daily - United States

• Vitamin D, Cardiovascular Disease & Death ...The findings of this prospective clinical study were striking. The patient volunteers with the lowest levels of Vitamin D in their blood were more than 2 times as likely to die, from any cause, when compared with the patients who had the highest levels of Vitamin D in their blood. The patients with the lowest Vitamin D levels were also nearly 3 times as likely to die from heart attacks, and other complications related to cardiovascular disease...

2010.02.05

Amherst Bulletin - United States

• Subjects wanted: Cooley Dickinson launches clinical trials The study, a Phase IV trial that has low risk to participants, aims to gauge the effects of Vitamin D. "There is a large body of scientific literature supporting a relationship between Vitamin D levels and neurological function," said [Jennifer Higgins at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton]. Yet, she says, as far as she can tell, the Cooley Dickinson study is the first to administer Vitamin D in an attempt to influence cognitive performance.

Private MD - United States

• Vitamin D concentration linked to lower risk of colon cancer ...The authors of the study found that subjects with the highest blood levels of vitamin D had a nearly 40 percent decreased risk of developing colon cancer compared to those with the lowest levels.

2010.02.04

Harvard University Gazette - United States

• The hunt for healthy answers Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital are leading a five-year nationwide trial to find out whether the dietary supplements vitamin D and fish oil can boost the immune system and fight cancer, heart disease, and a host of other ills.

Michigan Live - United States

• Heart patients need vitamin D monitored, says cardiologist ...more and more research indicates that vitamin D may also have an impact on heart health. As a result, some area health-care providers are measuring and evaluating vitamin D levels as standard protocol when working with high-risk heart patients.

National Business Review - New Zealand

• Vitamin D deficiency worsens asthma symptoms Having low levels of vitamin D worsens asthma symptoms and makes asthmatics less likely to respond to steroid treatment, a new study has found.

Stop Aging Now - United States

• Vitamin D Deficiency Linked Directly to Heart Disease ...People with very low levels of vitamin D were 77% more likely to die, 45% more likely to develop coronary artery disease, and 78% more likely to have a stroke than those with normal levels. They also found that participants with very low levels of vitamin D were twice as likely to suffer heart failure.

2010.02.03

Newsmax Health - United States

• How Vitamin D Fights Crohn's Disease Canadian scientists found that vitamin D, commonly available in supplements and cod liver oil, switched on genes responsible for fighting Crohn's disease. The findings are published in the latest Journal of Biological Chemistry.

SYS-CON Media - United States

• Vitamin D Helps Fight Juvenile Diabetes Research finds that children who get their daily dose of Vitamin D have a reduced risk of developing Type 1 diabetes — the second most common chronic disease in kids today second to asthma.

2010.02.02

Biomed Middle East

• Vitamin D Promotes Weight Loss, May Reverse Obesity According to a new study conducted by researchers at University of Minnesota, adequate intake of Vitamin D coupled with following a calorie-restricted diet can improve weight loss and possibly reverse obesity as well.