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This website is for anyone interested in vitamin D news and research. Many come here to find more information on deficiency, toxicity, health conditions related to vitamin D, and supplementation.

Vitamin D news

28 Jan 2013
UK Cancer group supports increased vitamin D through sensible sun exposure
The Vitamin D Society wishes to make Canadians aware of a new innovative Vitamin D and Skin Cancer Prevention program developed by Cancer Research UK.
25 Jan 2013
Low vitamin D linked to sepsis, mortality
Research reported at the Society of Critical Care Medicine meeting found that people who are vitamin D deficient have an increased risk of developing sepsis – a severe blood infection – and an increased risk of death if they develop sepsis.
24 Jan 2013
Vitamin D as possible breast cancer treatment
A study published this last week in the Journal of Cell Biology reports that researchers have uncovered a molecular pathway that contributes to triple-negative breast cancer, a deadly and treatment resistant form of cancer that often occurs in young women.
23 Jan 2013
Vitamin D level predicts mortality following surgery
Research presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine meeting reports that vitamin D deficiency before coronary artery bypass graft surgery predicts risk of mortality after 3 months.
16 Jan 2013
Treatment of D deficiency: Oral supplement or vitamin D3 injection?
Researchers recently conducted a randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness and practicality of oral vitamin D supplements compared to intramuscular vitamin D supplement injections in the treatment of vitamin D deficiency.

28 Jan 2013
Is lack of sun exposure linked to cognitive decline?
Researchers out of the University of Alabama Birmingham recently report that lack of sun exposure may lead to cognitive decline over time.
27 Jan 2013
Vitamin D improves recovery time after injury
After injury, rats treated with large vitamin D doses had increased cellular turnover resulting in faster recovery compared to the placebo group.
26 Jan 2013
Vitamin D blood test: Past and present debates, difficulties, and developments
Recently Drs William Fraser and Anna Milan of the University of East Anglia in England wrote about the different methods used to measure vitamin D.
25 Jan 2013
Low vitamin D in children linked to eczema severity
Atopic dermatitis or eczema is an allergic, inflammatory, chronic, non-contagious and very itchy skin disorder. In the last several decades, eczema has become dramatically more common, especially among children.
24 Jan 2013
Does vitamin D affect my medication or does my medication affect my vitamin D?
More and more, the question arises: does vitamin D affect my medication or does my medication affect my vitamin D? Researchers recently conducted a thorough review of the world's literature on drug-vitamin D interactions.