8 July 2014 New trial shows vitamin D supplementation has no effect on glucose in prediabetes A recent study out of Norway examined the effects of long-term vitamin D supplementation in people with prediabetesContinue reading → This blog item is only available to members Login or Preview
20 June 2014 Does taking vitamin D supplements with a fatty meal affect vitamin D status? A randomized controlled study has found that taking an oral vitamin D supplement while consuming a meal with fat significantly increases vitamin D levels compared to a meal that contains no fat.Continue reading → This blog item is only available to members Login or Preview
19 June 2014 RCT: Vitamin D therapy shows no significant effect on resistant hypertension A new randomized controlled trial found that vitamin D supplementation did not reduce blood pressure or left ventricular mass in patients with resistant hypertensionContinue reading → This blog item is only available to members Login or Preview
4 June 2014 New trial shows vitamin D supplementation does not improve orthostatic hypotension A new trial published in Journal of Hypertension has found that intermittent vitamin D supplementation does not improve orthostatic hypotension among elderly patients.Continue reading → This blog item is only available to members Login or Preview
1 June 2014 New RCT: Vitamin D supplementation improves lipid profile of patients on statins A recent randomized controlled trial found supplementation with vitamin D significantly improves the lipid profiles of patients with high cholesterol and concurrent statin use.Continue reading → This blog item is only available to members Login or Preview
30 May 2014 RCT finds vitamin D supplementation does not improve efficacy of corticosteroids in asthma patients Will Hunter discusses the results from a recent randomized controlled trial that raised questions regarding the role of vitamin D in asthma treatment.Continue reading → This blog item is only available to members Login or Preview
20 May 2014 Vitamin D-binding protein levels likely unimportant in vitamin D status Tom Weishaar provides an overview from a new randomized controlled trial and discusses the importance of vitamin D-binding protein in a clinical setting.Continue reading → This blog item is only available to members Login or Preview
19 May 2014 High-dose vitamin D improves ejection fraction in heart failure patients, says new trial A new randomized controlled trial has found that in those with heart failure, ejection fraction is improved by high-dose vitamin D supplementation.Continue reading → This blog item is only available to members Login or Preview
10 May 2014 New trial finds vitamin D slightly improves profile of gene expression in respiratory immunity A randomized controlled trial published in Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine has found that vitamin D supplementation may help turn on certain genes in alveolar macrophages.Continue reading → This blog item is only available to members Login or Preview
9 May 2014 New study finds no evidence for a threshold of calcium absorption in response to vitamin D supplementation A randomized placebo-controlled trial has found that there is no threshold for vitamin D levels beyond which calcium absorption is unaffected.Continue reading → This blog item is only available to members Login or Preview
