Health and Nutrition

The Vitamin D Newsletter August 6, 2010 Gary Null and Vitamin D Toxicity This is a periodic newsletter from the Vitamin D Council, a non-profit trying to end the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency. If you want to unsubscribe, go to the end of this newsletter. If you have not subscribed, you can do so on [...]

A recent report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, adds to the growing evidence that fish oil supplements may play a role in preventing chronic disease. Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Wash., led by Emily White, Ph.D., a member of the public [...]

ScienceDaily (June 21, 2010) — The use of Omega-3 supplements is effective among patients with major depression who do not have anxiety disorders, according to a study directed by Dr. François Lespérance of the Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier at the Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), head of CHUM’s Department of Psychiatry and a professor [...]

By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO — A new study led by a federal drug safety expert ties the controversial diabetes drug Avandia to a higher risk of heart problems, strokes and deaths in older adults, and says it is more  dangerous than a rival drug, Actos. The study, a huge review of Medicare [...]

M. Adnan Nadir 1 , Benjamin R. Szwejkowski 1 & Miles D. Witham 2 1Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Centre for Cardiovascular and Lung Biology, Division of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK 2Department of Ageing and Health, Centre for Cardiovascular and Lung Biology, Division of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK [...]

Jazeela Fayyaz, DO, Pulmonary Medicine, 11:34PM Apr 14, 2010 It seems like everyone is on Vitamin D replacement lately. A study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine this winter looked at the effects of Vitamin D levels on steriod response in asthmatics. Adult, nonsmoking asthmatics were enrolled and the relantionship [...]

25-Hydroxyvitamin D, dementia, and cerebrovascular pathology in elders receiving home services J. S. Buell PhD, B. Dawson-Hughes MD, T. M. Scott PhD, D. E. Weiner MD, MS, G. E. Dallal PhD, W. Q. Qui MD, PhD, P. Bergethon MD, I. H. Rosenberg MD, M. F. Folstein MD, S. Patz PhD, R. A. Bhadelia MD, and [...]

Clinical question Can vitamin D prevent important fractures related to osteoporosis? Bottom line Vitamin D at dosages greater than 400 IU per day is effective in decreasing nonvertebral fractures, including hip fractures. The effect is dose dependent; dosages less than 400 IU per day are ineffective. A practical way to implement this low-cost approach is [...]

Chronic Pain Linked to Low Vitamin D Allison Gandey Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape March 25, 2009 — Inadequate vitamin D may represent an underrecognized source of nociperception and impaired neuromuscular functioning, say researchers. “Physicians who care for patients with chronic, diffuse pain that seems musculoskeletal — and involves many areas of tenderness [...]

ISSLS prize winner: Early predictors of chronic work disability: a prospective, population-based study of workers with back injuries Turner JA, Franklin G, Fulton-Kehoe D, Sheppard L, Stover B, Wu R, Gluck JV, Wickizer TM. Spine. 2008 Dec 1;33(25):2809-18.. When investigators analyzed which health care providers patients saw first after their injury vs. disability at 1 [...]