— South Korean study explores effects on clinical characteristics of COPD patients. by Parker Brown, Staff Writer, MedPage Today April 21, 2015
Lupus. 2015 Apr;24(4-5):483-9. doi: 10.1177/0961203314558676. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study adding high dose vitamin D to analgesic regimens in patients with musculoskeletal pain. Gendelman O1, Itzhaki D2, Makarov S3, Bennun M3, Amital H4. BACKGROUND: The current mode of therapy for many patients with musculoskeletal pain is unsatisfactory. PURPOSE: We aimed to assess the impact of […]
by Parker Brown Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. British researchers have found a correlation between low vitamin D levels and poorer function and mood […]
Action Points Vitamin D deficiency was highly prevalent in rheumatoid arthritis patients and was associated with worse mental/physical quality-of-life scores, as well as greater disease activity. Note that severely deficient patients had slightly longer disease duration, more hypertension, and osteoporosis, but regular physical activity correlated with higher vitamin D titers and better quality of life. […]
Elsewhere, vitamin D supplementation was found to slow or prevent the progression of low-grade prostate cancer in a randomized trial, reported researchers. In a study of 37 men who were to undergo prostatectomies, researchers gave 4,000 IU of vitamin D to one group and placebos to the other. After 60 days — the time that […]
Fibromyalgia is widespread muscle pain with no specific cause. For a diagnosis to be made, you must have pain in at least 11 of 18 specific trigger points. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome that includes long-term, body wide pain in the muscles and connective tissues. This characteristic pain may be accompanied by fatigue, headaches, and difficulty with […]
Exercise, But Not Vitamin D, Cuts Injuries From Falls in Older Women: Study By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, March 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Neither routine exercise nor vitamin D supplementation does anything to lower the overall risk for accidental falls among older women, a new Finnish study says. However, the risk of serious injury […]
— Otherwise healthy college-aged women with low levels are more likely to be depressed. by Parker Brown, Staff Writer, MedPage Today March 20, 2015 Another day, another study on depression and vitamin D. This one found a relationship between the vitamin and depression in otherwise healthy young women in the Pacific Northwest. Vitamin D levels […]
03.18.2015 Vitamin D is everyone’s favorite supplement, but it’s getting no love from the authors of a recent analysis. No association was found between vitamin D and a lowered blood pressure, found a large meta-analysis, led by Miles Witham, PhD, from the University of Dundee in Scotland. The findings received widespread media coverage, and some […]
March 17, 2015 Researchers at UC San Diego and Creighton University have challenged the intake of vitamin D recommended by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Institute of Medicine (IOM), stating that their Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin D underestimates the need by a factor of ten. In a letter published last week in […]
Date Posted: 3/12/2015 2:55:04 PM Moms-to-be who have higher blood levels of vitamin D are likely to have children with stronger muscles, according to a study published in January 2014 in theJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Researchers from the University of Southampton in England analyzed data from 678 mother-and-child pairs who participated in the Southampton Women’s […]
March 5, 2015 – 21:00 Many studies have demonstrated that fish oils and vitamin D help improve cognitive function but what exactly is the mechanism of action? In an article just published in FASEB Journal serotonin is described as the possible missing link explaining why vitamin D and fish oil may have such a significant […]
Liam Davenport March 03, 2015 Low serum vitamin D levels are more closely associated with diabetes than obesity is, claim Spanish researchers, who go on to suggest that vitamin D deficiency may be linked to an increased risk for type 2 diabetes. They found that serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels are reduced in prediabetic and diabetic individuals […]
Medscape Medical News from the International Stroke Conference (ISC) 2015 Susan Jeffrey February 13, 2015 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — Low vitamin D levels are associated with larger brain infarct volume and worse outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke, a new study shows. Researchers found that patients with vitamin D levels below 30 ng/mL had infarcts two-fold larger than […]
Persistent hypovitaminosis D and loss of hip bone mineral density over time as additional risk factors for recurrent falls in a population-based prospective cohort of elderly persons living in the community. The Sao Paulo Ageing & Health (SPAH) Study Osteoporosis International, 02/11/2015 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Machado KLLL, et al. – Authors performed concomitant […]
January 28, 2015 Nutrients, Foods, and Colorectal Cancer Prevention Gastroenterology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Epidemiological and experimental studies over the years have linked several foods to risk of colorectal cancer. Foods associated with lower risk include calcium, fiber, milk, and whole grains. Foods associated with higher risk include red meat and processed meat. Chemopreventive effects are attributed […]
January 20, 2015 “Without leaves, without buds, without flowers; Yet they form fruit. As a Food, as a tonic, as a medicine; The entire creation is precious.” -weird mushroom poem of sketchy origin Mushrooms: They have B12! When exposed to UV light, they make vitamin D2. Protein, fibre, and selenium. Shall I go on? Maybe […]
Nutrition, dietary interventions and prostate cancer: The latest evidence Full Text BMC Medicine, 01/20/2015 Review Article Lin PH, et al. – Prostate cancer (PCa) remains a leading cause of mortality in US men and the prevalence continues to rise world–wide especially in countries where men consume a ‘Western–style’ diet. The combination of all the beneficial […]
January 12, 2015 January 12, 2015 – San Francisco – After receiving chemotherapy and targeted therapy, patients with metastatic colorectal cancer and higher vitamin D levels experienced improved overall survival compared with those with the lowest levels. This finding of a prospective analysis of data from a phase III trial was presented at the Gastrointestinal […]
By Dr. Davis | January 8, 2015 If you want type 2 diabetes , follow conventional advice to cut fat and eat more “healthy whole grains.” (This is also true for type 1 diabetes in susceptible individuals with pancreatic beta cell autoimmunity triggered by wheat gliadin or corn zein.) But what if you don’t want to […]