Vitamin D

Many LA Latinos and African Americans are deficient in Vitamin D

According to Lily Li, MD, PhD, many Los Angeles Latinos and African Americans are deficient in Vitamin D. Furthermore, many individuals of all ethnicities throughout the nation are deficient in the essential vitamin. Dr. Li is in LA to attend the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, which opened today, July 16, to the general public at the Los …

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Vitamin D Deficiency Associated with Poor Lung Function in Asthmatic Children

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with poorer lung function in asthmatic children treated with inhaled corticosteroids, according to the findings of a new study published in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. “In our study of 1,024 children with mild to moderate persistent asthma, those who were deficient in vitamin D levels …

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Can Vitamin D Reduce Risk of Depression?

Research has been conducted on many aspects of major depression, including family risk factors, antidepressant effects, psychotherapeutic efficacy, and lifestyle influence. Remission and relapse rates have been dissected and scrutinized based on age, gender, comorbidity, and other significant dynamics. But little if any research has been dedicated to how specific nutritional supplements influence the symptom …

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Children’s body fat linked to Vitamin D insufficiency in mothers

Children are more likely to have more body fat during childhood if their mother has low levels of Vitamin D during pregnancy, according to scientists at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (MRC LEU), University of Southampton. Low vitamin D status has been linked to obesity in adults and children, but little is known …

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