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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

Financial Times - United Kingdom

• Why governments are selling Vitamin D short Reinhold Vieth is frustrated. A thin, bald professor at the University of Toronto's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Patho-biology, Vieth is among the most knowledgeable people in the world on the subject of vitamin D...So why is Dr Vieth so frustrated? You might think he'd have cause for celebration. But for him and other vitamin D researchers around the world, the good news comes with a bitter aftertaste. They believe they can prove vitamin D could help millions live longer and be healthier and yet they have not been able to convince their own governments.

Food Consumer - Lisle, IL, USA

• Swine flu deaths: What you need to know Risk of swine flu deaths may be the ultimate concern for most people in the H1N1 flu pandemic. Getting well informed of this risk can help people decide what preventative measure they need to take to reduce the risk. The U.S. government has had its own assessment and decided that people would be better off taking H1N1 flu vaccine. However, each individual should make their own decision to best protect themselves. For that effort, it is important to understand the risk of death from H1N1 flu.
• Vitamin D can save half million babies each year: study* Results of a new trial presented at an international research conference in Bruges suggest that vitamin D supplementation can reduce the risk of premature births and boost the health of newborn babies, the Times reported Oct 10.

2009.11.05

Globe and Mail - Canada

• Doctors start to include vitamin D in fight against cancer With new studies showing the sun vitamin may slow come cancers, some physicians are eager to add it to treatment programs.

Looking Fit

• Vitamin D Lacking in Breast Cancer Patients Researchers from the University of Rochester revealed this week that many women with breast cancer have also tested low for levels of vitamin D. Of the 166 women studied, 70 percent were vitamin D-deficient when blood test results came back. Women who were in the late stages of the disease had the lowest levels of all.

My NC - United States

• Battling the Winter Blues: dealing with S.A.D There are several components of the fall time change in time and daylight hours that contribute to SAD. A few of the main culprits behind this disorder are the Pineal Gland, Melatonin, and Vitamin D and their relation to the lack of sunlight.

2009.11.04

Times Online - United Kingdom

• Schoolboy campaigner backs vitamin D summit A major international summit on the links between multiple sclerosis and vitamin D deficiency, supported by the Scottish government, is to take place in Scotland early next year thanks to the efforts of a campaigning schoolboy.

Tucson Citizen - Arizona, United States

• Did you get your Vitamin D today? Vitamin D has been getting lot of press lately. It seems that deficiency in this vitamin can cause more problems than just rickets.

2009.11.02

Chicago Daily Herald - United States

• Fight the flu with vitamin D supplements H1N1 aside, the most active time for the flu is in the late fall, winter and early spring. Researchers have wondered what happens to the flu for the rest of the year. The answer may be related to sun exposure and vitamin D — less in the winter and more in the summer.

Food Consumer - Lisle, IL, USA

• Millions of U.S. children found Vitamin D deficient The most recent vitamin D study found that children between the ages of 1 and 11 suffer from deficiencies of the vital vitamin, and adds that black and Hispanic children are at a "particularly high risk."

Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Hawaii, United States

• Adequate vitamin D sustains bones, health During the past few years, interest in vitamin D has grown rapidly. In fact, more than 1,500 scientific articles were published about vitamin D so far this year. Two key practical concepts have emerged from this research: 1) Many of today's common health problems might be related to inadequate vitamin D; or 2) possibly half of the population has inadequate vitamin D status.

Natural Products Industry Insider

• The Hottest Vitamin Under the Sun Vitamin D may just be considered the "it" vitamin of 2009. This year, it seemed stories on the sunshine vitamin were published daily. Studies on its role in bone health, heart health, immune health, weight management, cancer prevention and other health conditions poured from scientific journals. With the outbreak of H1N1 influenza, the Public Health Agency of Canada plans to test vitamin D levels of people who contract the virus in order to find new ways to fight it; and the U.S. Institutes of Medicine (IOM) announced it will review the recommended daily values of vitamin D intake.

Rheumatology Update

• Consider BMI in vit D repletion Overweight and obese patients may require higher doses of vitamin D to achieve vitamin D repletion, Australian researchers report.

2009.11.01

Washington Free Press - Seattle, WA, USA

• Avoid Flu Shots, Get Some Sun Instead An MD explains why most doctors don't get the seasonal vaccine.

2009.10.31

PR Web (press release)

• Toronto Conference Targets the Vitamin D Deficiency Crisis Ontario health care professionals will hear firsthand from some of the world's leading vitamin D experts about the current vitamin D deficiency crisis in North America at an international conference on the diagnosis and treatment of vitamin D deficiency in Toronto November 3. The physicians and researchers in the vitamin D field are presenting information that looks at the current research and practice with vitamin D to enable everyone to take action today, based on what's known to solve the deficiency epidemic and to start the prevention of many diseases.

Renal and Urology News

• Hemoglobin Levels Linked to Vitamin D in Diabetic CKD Patients Elevated levels of vitamin D are associated with higher hemoglobin levels in CKD patients with diabetes, according to researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia.

2009.10.30

Ashland Daily Tidings - Oregon, United States

• Vitamin D for a healthy winter Amazingly enough, the heightened interest in the flu this year and freedom of the press have allowed the beginnings of a real debate on the value of flu vaccines and conventional flu treatment...A few early studies suggest a protective effect of adequate Vitamin D levels.

Renal and Urology News

• Vitamin D Insufficiency Common in Dialysis Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism Nutritional vitamin D deficiency is widespread among hemodialysis (HD) patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism, and few receive nutritional vitamin D supplementation, a study found.