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Author Archives: Will Hunter

About Will Hunter

Will is the Program Associate of the Vitamin D council and works on website administration, content production and editing, and fundraising. He is passionate about nutrition, exercise, and technology and how they relate to health and longevity.

10 April 2015

Will Hunter steps down from the Vitamin D Council

In this blog, we say goodbye to Will Hunter, our Program Manager. Although we will miss him, we are looking forward to hearing about his travels abroad.

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6 April 2015

Study provides clues as to how vitamin D may protect against ovarian cancer

A case-control study has found that vitamin D is associated with cytokines and that levels of cytokines are significantly altered in patients with ovarian cancer.

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2 April 2015

Vitamin D deficiency is predictive of reduced response to treatment and increased disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients

A study revealed that rheumatoid arthritis patients with vitamin D deficiency had a lower response to treatment than patients with normal 25(OH)D levels.

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27 March 2015

Short-term vitamin D supplementation improves symptoms of nerve damage in type 2 diabetic patients

A trial shows that vitamin D supplementation over the short-term improves symptoms of peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes.

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23 March 2015

New study offers insight into why low vitamin D levels are associated with adverse outcomes among the critically ill

Findings from a recent study reveal a potential mechanism to explain why critically ill patients with low vitamin D levels are more likely to suffer poor outcomes.

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18 March 2015

Vitamin D is a risk factor for cancer mortality but not cancer development, new study finds

A study conducted in elderly women showed that lower vitamin D levels were associated with increased risk of cancer death, but not with the incidence of cancer.

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