News articles tagged with 'vitamin D'
Vitamin D levels linked with health of blood vessels
— 4 Apr 2011 19:15 | HealthA lack of vitamin D, even in generally healthy people, is linked with stiffer arteries and an inability of blood vessels to relax, research from the Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health…
Vitamin D insufficiency high among patients with early Parkinson disease
— 15 Mar 2011 20:38 | HealthPatients with a recent onset of Parkinson disease have a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency, but vitamin D concentrations do not appear to decline during the progression of…
Vitamin D deficiency in cirrhosis
— 15 Mar 2011 20:20 | HealthVitamin D deficiency is a well reported complication in chronic cholestatic liver disease such as primary biliary cirrhosis. While the prevalence and treatment of this deficiency has…
Vitamin D deficiency alters lung growth and decreases lung function
— 29 Jan 2011 17:43 | HealthPreviously linked to the severity of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in humans, vitamin D deficiency has now been shown to alter lung structure and function…
New findings show vitamin D accelerates recovery from TB
— 6 Jan 2011 15:38 | HealthNew research findings which show that vitamin D can speed up antibiotic treatment of tuberculosis (TB) have been revealed by scientists at Barts and The London School of Medicine and…
Newborns with low vitamin D levels at increased risk for respiratory infections
— 3 Jan 2011 19:29 | HealthThe vitamin D levels of newborn babies appear to predict their risk of respiratory infections during infancy and the occurrence of wheezing during early childhood, but not the risk…
Low and high vitamin D levels in older women associated with increased likelihood of frailty
— 8 Dec 2010 18:23 | HealthA recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) found that lower and higher vitamin D levels were associated…
Study finds low vitamin-d levels in northern California residents with metabolic syndrome
— 1 Dec 2010 18:01 | HealthResearchers from the UC Davis Health System have found that compared with healthy controls, blood levels of vitamin D are significantly reduced in patients in the Sacramento area with…
Vitamin D deficit doubles risk of stroke in whites, but not in blacks
— 15 Nov 2010 17:27 | HealthLow levels of vitamin D, the essential nutrient obtained from milk, fortified cereals and exposure to sunlight, doubles the risk of stroke in whites, but not in blacks, according to…
Vitamin D deficiency does not increase stroke risk among blacks
— 15 Nov 2010 16:38 | HealthWhile vitamin D deficiency is associated with fatal stroke among whites, it is not linked to more stroke deaths among blacks, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's…