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Vitamin D
Vitamin D: any of a group of vitamins found in liver and fish oils, essential for the absorption of calcium and the prevention of rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. They include calciferol ( vitamin D2 ) and cholecalciferol ( vitamin D3 ). Vitamin D is important for good overall health and strong and healthy bones. It’s also an important factor in making sure your muscles, heart, lungs and brain work well and that your body can fight infection. Your body can make its own vitamin D from sunlight. You can also get vitamin D from supplements and a very small amount comes from a few foods you eat.
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MAY 26, 2016Health & Medicine
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A new study from Northwestern University has linked a deficiency in Vitamin D to more aggressive tumors in prostate canc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 01, 2016Videos
The Council for Responsible Nutrition reported that nearly 70% of American adults take some form of supplements. Not reg ...FEB 13, 2016Health & Medicine
All food in larger supermarkets are supposed have “sell before” dates printed on them so the stores can&rsqu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2016Immunology
Vitamin D is an essential micronutrient that must be obtained from the environment; the body does not make it on its own ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 11, 2016Cardiology
Eat them in a smoothie or eat them plain, either way red raspberries are a gold mine of healthy compounds, dense with nu ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 03, 2016Videos
If you're one of the 7 million Americans who follow a vegetarian diet, you may be wondering how to maximize your protein ...JAN 12, 2016Cancer
Magnesium intake may be an effective way to prevent pancreatic cancer, a new study suggests. Pancreatic cancer is the fo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 11, 2016Immunology
Although pregnant women are often encouraged to take folic acid supplements to reduce the risk of their babies developin ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 10, 2016Cardiology
This year in the tenth edition of guidelines for venous thromboembolism (VTE) treatment, published in Chest, 53 updated ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 05, 2016Videos
The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses. This is an ancient term for foods we often refer ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 03, 2016Videos
Although some of us are Winter people because the hotter Summer season can be exhausting, the general rule of thumb is t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 24, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste ...NOV 17, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In addition to ward off scurvy, is vitamin C also able to kill off cancer cells? That’s the latest claim from the ...OCT 12, 2015Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are estimated to grow exponentially over the next five decades. In ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
Picture this scene. It is a blistering hot late-July day, so hot that even the shade seems to melt away. Pink-skinned ch
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 21, 2016
Videos
Every cell in the body requires protein. Your body uses it for growth, tissue repair, creating hormones, enzymes, and en
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAY 18, 2016
Videos
Nearly half of American adults take some form of multivitamin supplement daily. The market for these supplements is satu
...
MAY 14, 2016
Videos
Since ancient times, stinging nettle has been used in food and medicine. The plant is a single-stemmed perennial that ca
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAY 11, 2016
Microbiology
You take antibiotics for an infection, right? Broad-spectrum antibiotics kill the harmful bacteria, yes. The problem is
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 19, 2016
Videos
Yes, you can get vitamin D from a lot of different kinds of foods, such as your morning cereal. But, nothing compares to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2016
Cancer
Here’s another reason to listen to your mom’s advice to drink milk and play outside: scientists at the UC Sa
...
MAR 05, 2016
Health & Medicine
​ ​Your body needs cholesterol. Cholesterol plays a vital role in the synthesis of steroid hormones, vitamin D, and bile
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 04, 2016
Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Videos
A new study from Northwestern University has linked a deficiency in Vitamin D to more aggressive tumors in prostate canc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 01, 2016
Videos
The Council for Responsible Nutrition reported that nearly 70% of American adults take some form of supplements. Not reg
...
FEB 13, 2016
Health & Medicine
All food in larger supermarkets are supposed have “sell before” dates printed on them so the stores can&rsqu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2016
Immunology
Vitamin D is an essential micronutrient that must be obtained from the environment; the body does not make it on its own
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 11, 2016
Cardiology
Eat them in a smoothie or eat them plain, either way red raspberries are a gold mine of healthy compounds, dense with nu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 03, 2016
Videos
If you're one of the 7 million Americans who follow a vegetarian diet, you may be wondering how to maximize your protein
...
JAN 12, 2016
Cancer
Magnesium intake may be an effective way to prevent pancreatic cancer, a new study suggests. Pancreatic cancer is the fo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 11, 2016
Immunology
Although pregnant women are often encouraged to take folic acid supplements to reduce the risk of their babies developin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 10, 2016
Cardiology
This year in the tenth edition of guidelines for venous thromboembolism (VTE) treatment, published in Chest, 53 updated
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 05, 2016
Videos
The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses. This is an ancient term for foods we often refer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 03, 2016
Videos
Although some of us are Winter people because the hotter Summer season can be exhausting, the general rule of thumb is t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste
...
NOV 17, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In addition to ward off scurvy, is vitamin C also able to kill off cancer cells? That’s the latest claim from the
...
OCT 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are estimated to grow exponentially over the next five decades. In
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim