Recent Posts Tagged With 'vitamin d'

• Vitamin D deficiency linked to strokes, heart disease: study

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 10:35 in heart disease, stroke, vitamin d, cardiovascular disease

  Insufficient intake of vitamin D, long known to play a key role in bone health, may significantly increase a person's risk of stroke, heart disease and even death, a US study said Monday. Examining 27,686 Utah patients aged 50 or older with no his...

• Vitamin D ‘may cut premature birth risk and protect newborn babies’

  Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 04:46 in pregnancy, Premature Birth, vitamin d

  Powerful new evidence about the way that vitamin D can reduce the risk of premature births and boost the health of newborn babies has emerged from an international research conference in Bruges. Delegates were told that mothers who were given ten...

• Vitamin D \'can help balance\'

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 06:14 in balance, falls, vitamin d, old age

  People aged 65 and over should take high-dose vitamin D to help stop them falling over, according to research. They can cut their chance of falls by 19 per cent if they take 700- 1,000IU (17.5-25 micrograms) of the vitamin as a daily supplement, a...

• Revealed: the best protection against cancer

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 15:34 in breast cancer, vitamin d, bowel cancer

  Boosting levels of vitamin D could cut the incidence of breast cancer by a quarter, bowel cancer by a third and it should be offered to the population as part of a public health drive, scientists say. The finding is based on a review of 2,750 res...

• Brighten the twilight years: 'Sunshine vitamin' boosts brain function in the elderly

  Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 08:50 in brain, dementia, sunshine, vitamin d, skin cancer

  Getting more of the ‘sunshine vitamin’ may make you brighter later in life, a study suggests. Middle-aged and older men with high levels of vitamin D in their blood were mentally quicker than their peers, researchers report. The team, from the U...

• Vitamin D lowers risk of heart disease and diabetes in pensioners

  Posted on Tuesday May 12th, 2009 at 06:09 in diabetes, heart disease, vitamin d, metabolic syndrome

  Older people who enjoy the sunshine have a lower risk of developing heart disease and diabetes, scientists have revealed.Researchers from Warwick University found pensioners who went outdoors regularly had higher levels of vitamin D. This is essentia...

• Vitamin D hope in prostate cancer

  Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2009 at 03:20 in vitamin d, prostate cancer, psa level

  Vitamin D is an effective treatment for prostate cancer in some patients, a UK study suggests. A once daily dose reduced PSA level - an indicator of severity of disease - by as much as half in 20% of patients. There has been much interest in ...