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Study: Vitamin D deficiency may impact immune system
Date: 2009-04-09 00:00:00

Women who do not get enough vitamin D either from direct exposure to the sun, from nutritional supplements and certain foods may be at an increased risk of negatively impacting their immune system, according to a new study.... Full Story

Study: More people lack Vitamin D
Date: 2009-04-15 00:00:00

Vitamin D levels have decreased in the U.S. Population, according to a new study appearing in the Archives of Internal Medicine.... Full Story

Study: 14% of children not getting enough vitamin D
Date: 2009-04-22 00:00:00

Vitamin D deficiency affects 14 percent of U.S. children and is dangerously common among the black population, where 50 percent of teens are affected, according to a national study conducted at New York Hospital Queens and reported on by NY1 news.... Full Story

Vitamin D insufficiency may be linked to increased asthma severity
Date: 2009-04-23 00:00:00

The lower vitamin D levels are in the blood, the worse the indicators of allergy and asthma severity, according to the first study of vitamin D and disease severity in children with asthma.... Full Story

Vitamin D deficiency may account for health difference in blacks and whites
Date: 2009-04-24 00:00:00

It is possible that darker skin's reduced ability to efficiently produce vitamin D in response to sunlight may explain the higher rate of vitamin D deficiency in African-Americans, and possibly even some of the health gap between black and white Americans, according to an article in USA Today.... Full Story

Vitamin D destroyed by lung cancer cells
Date: 2009-04-28 00:00:00

New research shows that lung cancer cells may actually destroy vitamin D in our bodies.... Full Story

Vitamin D may have benefits against many forms of cancer
Date: 2009-04-27 00:00:00

Vitamin D from the sun may be a powerful cancer fighter, particularly against colon and breast cancer.... Full Story