Vitamin D Research

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Commentaries and Editorials

The opinions, views, and perspectives of top vitamin D scientists as published in the medical journals.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

• A vitamin D nutritional cornucopia: new insights concerning the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status of the US population. 2008.12—Anthony W Norman.
• Summary of roundtable discussion on vitamin D research needs. 2008.08—Brannon PM, Yetley EA, Bailey RL, Picciano MF.
• Overview of the conference "Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century: an Update." 2008.08—Brannon PM, Yetley EA, Bailey RL, Picciano MF.
• The urgent need to recommend an intake of vitamin D that is effective. 2007.03—Reinhold Vieth, Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, Barbara J Boucher, Bess Dawson-Hughes, Cedric F Garland, Robert P Heaney, Michael F Holick, Bruce W Hollis, Christel Lamberg-Allardt, John J McGrath, Anthony W Norman, Robert Scragg, Susan J Whiting, Walter C Willett, and Armin Zittermann.
• The case against ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) as a vitamin supplement. 2006.10—Lisa A Houghton and Reinhold Vieth.
• Nutrition, chronic disease, and the problem of proof. 2006.09—Robert P Heaney.
• Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy: an ongoing epidemic. 2006.08—Bruce W Hollis and Carol L Wagner.
• Vitamin D in congestive heart failure. 2006.04—Reinhold Vieth and Samantha Kimball.
• Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D response to oral vitamin D intake in children. 2003.11—Armin Zittermann.

American Journal of Epidemiology

• Invited Commentary: Physical Activity and Vitamin D. 2008.06.18—Fraser Birrell and Roger M Francis.

Canadian Medical Association Journal

• Nutritional vitamin D status during pregnancy: reasons for concern. 2006.04—Bruce W Hollis and Carol L Wagner.

Cancer Prevention Research (Philadelphia, PA)

• Vitamin D, calcium, and colorectal neoplasia: new insights on mechanisms of action. 2009.03—Jacobs ET, Jurutka PW, Martínez ME, Alberts DS.

Circulation

• Vitamin D supplementation and cardiovascular disease risk. 2007.02—ED Michos and RS Blumenthal.

Clinical Nephrology

• Editorial: Role of the kidney in the metabolism of calciferol (vitamin D). 1973.09–10—Coburn JW, Norman AW.

International Journal of Cancer

• Comment on interaction of hormone replacement therapy with calcium and vitamin D supplementation on colorectal cancer risk. 2009.04.01—Stajner I.

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

• 1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D and cancer. 1997.10—Palmieri GM.

Journal of Epidemiology

• Time for public health action on vitamin D for cancer risk reduction. 2005.11—William B Grant and Edward D Gorham.

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

• Sunlight, Vitamin D, and the Innate Immune Defenses of the Human Skin. 2005—Michael Zasloff.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

• Vitamin D Status and Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Something New Under the Sun. 2006.04—Gary G Schwartz, William J Blot.
• Re: Research and Public Health Implications of the Intricate Relationship Between Calcium and Vitamin D in the Prevention of Colorectal Neoplasia. 2004.05—Robert P. Heaney.
• Research and Public Health Implications of the Intricate Relationship Between Calcium and Vitamin D in the Prevention of Colorectal Neoplasia. 2003.12—Elizabeth T. Jacobs, María Elena Martínez, David S. Alberts.

Journal of the National Medical Association

• Differences in vitamin-D status may explain black-white differences in breast cancer survival rates. 2008.09—Grant WB.

Journal of Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

• Vitamin D analogues: how do they differ and what is their clinical role? 2001.10—Simon J Steddon, Neil J Schroeder, John Cunningham.

Kidney International

• Editorial: Vitamin D, the kidney and calcium homeostasis. 1972.11—Avioli LV.

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

• Vitamin D Deficiency: What a Pain It Is. 2003—Michael F Holick.

Public Health Nutrition

• Final declaration of the asian metaforum on the role of vitamin d and the management of osteoporosis. 2009.04—Chan SP, Chen JF, Chu LW, Van DP, Hosking D, Ip TP, Koh L, Kung A, Lai NS, Lau E, Lee JK, Leewattana R, Min YK, Nghia ND, Boonsong O, Park HM, Ringe J, Setyohadi B, Shin CS, Soontrapa S, Taechakraichana N, Tanjung F, Tobing D, Tsai KS, Woo J, Yang RS.

Surgery

• Vitamin D deficiency and primary hyperparathyroidism: an association of uncertain cause and consequences. 2008.12—Untch BR, Olson JA.

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