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Posted on Sun, 8 Jan 12

Child abuse or vitamin D deficiency?

Parents may be wrongly accused of child abuse when the problem is actually vitamin D deficiency. This was recently highlighted in a case in England where parents were cleared of murder charges after vitamin D deficiency was identified. But how many others have been wrongly accused?

Posted on Sun, 1 Jan 12

Vitamin D2 dangerous while D3 saves lives

A large meta-analysis has contrasted the health effects of Vitamin D2 supplements against D3 with an important discovery. Vitamin D2 may be doing more harm than good.

Posted on Mon, 17 Oct 11

Vitamin D recommendations for pregnancy far too low

Current vitamin D recommendations during pregnancy may be far too low suggests a study showing that 4000 IU a day was needed to raise blood vitamin D levels close to an optimal level.

Posted on Mon, 8 Aug 11

Vitamin D, extraversion and openness

A number of studies suggest vitamin D deficiency can affect your mood but most have looked at serious illness like dementia, depression and schizophrenia. Strikingly, it now seems that low vitamin D might also change your basic personality.

Posted on Mon, 4 Jul 11

New Vitamin D guidelines

The Endocrine Society has released a new Clinical Practice Guideline on the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of vitamin D deficiency. The guidelines should help health professionals and individuals better deal with vitamin D deficiency.

Posted on Thu, 24 Feb 11

You need a lot more vitamin D than you think

A new report has found that a minimum of 4,000 IU of vitamin D is required daily to maintain optimal blood levels, a stark contrast to the heavily criticised 600 IU recently stated by the Institute of Medicine.

Tag Search - "Vitamin D"

Child abuse or vitamin D deficiency?

Vitamin D2 dangerous while D3 saves lives

Vitamin D recommendations for pregnancy far too low

Vitamin D, extraversion and openness

New Vitamin D guidelines

You need a lot more vitamin D than you think