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’The D-Lightful Vitamin D for Good Health‘, from I.H.M.C. lecture, published March 16, 2013 2 Apr 2013 | 12:56 am
View the latest video clip of Dr. Holick speaking about …’The D-Lightful Vitamin D for Good Health‘, from I.H.M.C. lecture, published March 16, 2013 – click here to view the video clip: http://www....
“Influence of Vitamin D Status and Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Genome Wide Expression of White Blood Cells: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial... 2 Apr 2013 | 12:54 am
“Influence of Vitamin D Status and Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Genome Wide Expression of White Blood Cells: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial” was recently published in PLOS ONE and is avail...
Dr. Holick’s Responses to Participant Questions During the December 5, 2008 Live Webinar Presentation “Vitamin D & Chronic Disease Risk” 7 Mar 2009 | 07:19 am
VITAMIN D AND DISEASE STATES EPILEPSY I have heard that vitamin D may play a role in epilepsy, possibly due to interaction with anti-epileptic drugs. Is this becoming an acknowledged effect? And h...
Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D 27 Nov 2008 | 06:38 pm
It is known that if you are born above 35° latitude at approximately Atlanta, Georgia, and live at this latitude for the first ten years of your life that you have a 100% increase risk of developing m...
Infectious Diseases and Vitamin D 27 Nov 2008 | 06:35 pm
It has long been recognized that patients with tuberculous do better when treated with vitamin D or exposed to sunlight. It was recently recognized that the immune cell known as the macrophage needs ...
Arthritis and Vitamin D 27 Nov 2008 | 06:33 pm
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis Recent studies have revealed that women who ingest more than 400 IU of vitamin D a day reduce their risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by as much as 42%. ...
Diabetes and Vitamin D 27 Nov 2008 | 06:30 pm
Diabetes mellitus type I Studies in mice have suggested that pretreating mice that are prone to developing type I diabetes with the active form of vitamin D (1,25-hydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)2D]) reduc...
Rickets and Vitamin D 27 Nov 2008 | 06:28 pm
Rickets occurs at approximately six months of age in children who are vitamin D deficient. They can present with growth retardation, skeletal deformities including bowing of the legs or knocked knees...
Osteomalacia and Vitamin D 27 Nov 2008 | 06:25 pm
Vitamin D deficiency causes a defect in the ability of the body to deposit calcium into the collagen jello-like matrix in the bone. As a result, the covering on the bone which contains pain sensing n...
Osteoporosis and Vitamin D 27 Nov 2008 | 06:24 pm
Vitamin D deficiency will cause removal of both the calcium and matrix from the bone, and as a result, will cause osteopenia and can precipitate and exacerbate osteoporosis. Unlike osteomalacia which...
