Posts Tagged ‘vitamin D’
For smokers, lead linked to kidney cancer
PENN STATE (US) — Higher than normal levels of lead in the blood may double a smoker’s risk of developing kidney cancer, new research shows. Continue…
Thursday, January 26, 2012 15:30 - 1 Comment
Top Stories - Jan 11, 2012 11:00 - 14 Comments
How much vitamin D is too much?
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Although vitamin D is essential to good health, researchers say too much may damage blood vessels. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 2, 2011 10:36 - 5 Comments
Vitamin D: No cure-all for older women
BROWN (US) — Postmenopausal women receive no additional mortality benefit from vitamin D after controlling for health risk factors such as abdominal obesity, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 5, 2011 14:40 - 2 Comments
Diet, not meds, best for osteoporosis
U. ILLINOIS (US) — Increasing dietary calcium and vitamin D or taking supplements should be considered before medication to ward off osteoporosis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2011 12:31 - 0 Comments
Low vitamin D raises health risk for blacks
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Low vitamin D levels may account for high blood pressure, which is more common and often more deadly in blacks than in whites. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 17, 2010 12:26 - 0 Comments
Feeble D in northern California sun
UC DAVIS (US) — Blood levels of vitamin D are significantly reduced in patients with metabolic syndrome who live in northern California, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 1, 2010 15:47 - 0 Comments
Rethink dosage of calcium, vitamin D
PENN STATE (US) — The majority of Americans up to age 70 are getting enough vitamin D and calcium, according to a new Institute of Medicine report. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 22, 2010 9:47 - 1 Comment
Low vitamin D may raise cancer risk
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Two new vitamin D studies suggest intriguing ties between a deficiency of D and breast and colon cancer, particularly among African Americans. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 23, 2010 8:35 - 0 Comments
How outside factors impact MS
U. BUFFALO (US) — Researchers are investigating a trio of environmental factors to determine their influence on the progression of multiple sclerosis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 8, 2010 15:09 - 2 Comments
Vitamin D emerges from ‘gut flora’ murk
U. ROCHESTER (US)—The vitamin D receptor is a key player amid gut bacteria—what scientists refer to as the “gut flora”—helping to govern activity, responding to cues, and sometimes countering their presence. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 24, 2010 14:45 - 0 Comments
How pale people evolved to be tan free
PENN STATE (US)—People who remain pale and never tan can blame their distant ancestors for choosing to live in the northern reaches of the globe. Likewise, those who easily achieve a deep, dark tan can thank their ancestors for living in the subtropical latitudes, according to Penn State anthropologists. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 9, 2010 8:30 - 0 Comments
Soda pops girls’ chances of a healthy diet
PENN STATE (US)—Young girls who drink soda have less healthy diets through adolescence than their peers that don’t, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 5, 2010 6:57 - 0 Comments
Vitamin D may play role in MS severity
U. BUFFALO (US)—New research finds that low vitamin D levels may be associated with more advanced physical disability and cognitive impairment in persons with multiple sclerosis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 20, 2010 17:03 - 2 Comments
Diet, lifestyle poorly predict Vitamin D levels
U. BUFFALO (US)—New research suggests it’s difficult to predict vitamin D concentrations in blood based on vitamin supplements, diet, geographic location, demographic information, or lifestyle. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 29, 2010 12:57 - 9 Comments
Low vitamin D linked to fat buildup
MCGILL (CAN)—Vitamin D is not only good for your bones. New research shows it may help keep muscles free of fat. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 6, 2010 16:58 - 2 Comments
Smart polymers perform nano-acrobatics
NYU—Researchers are finding remarkable ways in which bioengineered paired macromolecules can be made to self-assemble, disassemble, and more—and then biodegrade when they’ve finished their work. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 6, 2010 13:24 - 7 Comments
Vitamin D, race, and cardiac deaths
U. ROCHESTER—Vitamin D deficiency may contribute to a higher number of heart and stroke-related deaths among black Americans compared to whites, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 9, 2009 14:34 - 4 Comments
Low vitamin D complicates breast cancer
U. ROCHESTER (US)—Women with breast cancer should be given high doses of vitamin D because a majority of them are likely to have low levels, which could contribute to decreased bone mass and greater risk of fractures. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 17, 2009 9:26 - 2 Comments
Never mind straight As — some kids need D
CORNELL (US)—Researchers have found one in seven American adolescents has a vitamin D deficiency, which in children can interfere with bone mineralization, leading to rickets. In adults, it is linked to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, immune dysfunction and hypertension. (more…)
