Vitamin D Council

Vitamin D deficiency may increase stroke risk

02 February 2012

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.

New study shows possible link between Vitamin D deficiency and death risk in hemodialysis patients

02 February 2012

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.

Pesticides linked to vitamin D deficiency

31 January 2012

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.

Vitamin D deficiency in UK a 'major problem'

26 January 2012

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.

Government steps up campaign for vitamin D supplementation

25 January 2012

The Government has asked experts to review the dietary advice it gives on vitamin D supplementation and intends to write to all GPs to remind them that they should be advising all people in at-risk groups to take vitamin D supplements.

First complete visualization of vitamin D receptor

24 January 2012

For the first time, a team from the Institut de GÃ©nÃ©tique et de Biologie MolÃ©culaire et Cellulaire, France, has obtained a high-resolution, full 3D image of a small but vital molecule locked up within our cells: the vitamin D receptor (VDR).

Researchers find vitamin D protects against liver diseases

17 January 2012

Two Israeli research teams have separately become the first to discover two different benefits from vitamin D against common liver diseases - hepatitis C and cirrhosis.

Boosting vitamin D levels could prevent eyesight from deteriorating

16 January 2012

Boosting vitamin D intake could help prevent deteriorating eyesight and blindness in older people, it is claimed.

Vitamin D supplementation may reduce COPD flare-ups in people with severely low levels

16 January 2012

Much hope has been pinned on vitamin D to cure, prevent, or treat a host of diseases, including the lung disease chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

NIH study shows vitamin D may improve bone health in those taking anti-HIV drug

13 January 2012

A National Institutes of Health (NIH) network study results of adolescents with HIV shows that vitamin D may help prevent hormonal changes that can lead to bone loss among those being treated for HIV with the drug tenofovir.