Pages tagged with "Vitamin D"
- Give Vitamin D to all fracture patients – cost effective to prevent nonunions
- Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Grant
- Inhaled vitamin D help lungs - many studies
- Loading dose greatly improves subsequent daily Vitamin D if have liver fibrosis – RCT
- Vitamin D – water-soluble is far more absorbable than fat-soluble
- Myotonic dystrophy (a rare genetic muscle problem) associated with low vitamin D
- Elderly falls reduced 3.6 times by 900 IU of vitamin D and simple exercise – RCT
- Preeclampsia 3.5 times more likely if low vitamin D (affects 348 Vit. D genes) – RCT
- NASA vitamin D deficiency treatment guidelines - 2013
- Vitamin D insufficiency increased after hip replacement: – 38% before, 68% the next day
- Physical Function of sedentary seniors not helped by vitamin D (for several reasons) – RCT
- Bio-available Vitamin D is reduced by half during pregnancy
- No Vitamin D Pandemic - they assert that most need less than 20 ng - NEJM
- PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) 4 times more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor
- Quercetin (a flavonoid) helps activate the Vitamin D receptor – many studies
- High PSA readings with Prostate Cancer 4 times more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor
- Parkinson's disease cognitive decline associated with poor Vitamin D receptor
- Childhood asthma about 1.3 times more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis
- Severe Pertussis is 1.5 times more likely if poor vitamin D receptor
- Ulcerative colitis associated with both low Vitamin D and poor Vitamin D Receptors