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University of Bristol researchers established in a new study that teenagers who eat a lot of tuna are less likely to develop depression than their peers who do not have this habit. One of the reasons for this may be that the fish contains a lot of vitamin D. Past investigations have established a connection between ... |
19 January 2012
10:40 GMT |
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Investigators from the UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSMC) say that people who suffer from depression tend to exhibit lower-than-average levels of vitamin D, suggesting a potential connection between the two. Such a potential link is definitely worth investigating.
The study adds an interesting perspective to a b... |
6 January 2012
10:10 GMT |
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In a new study conducted on postmenopausal women, researchers could find no positive health effects for using vitamin D. Previous studies suggested that consuming the chemical promotes bone health, and reduces females' risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and cancer, among other conditions.
Last year the... |
1 November 2011
10:46 GMT |
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According to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Leeds, in the United Kingdom, it could be that people with fair skin and pale complexions may not be receiving the appropriate amounts of vitamin D. These deficiencies could be mitigated for with vitamin supplements.
The findings also apply fo... |
4 October 2011
05:58 GMT |
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The use of calcium supplements in managing osteoporosis should be reassessed as soon as possible. It could be that the drugs boost older women's risk of developing adverse cardiovascular events. In other words, it could be that these supplements are making this subgroup of the population more likely to develop h... |
20 April 2011
05:02 GMT |
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Scientists at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, carried out a research that showed that vitamin D can accelerate the antibiotic treatment in patients suffering from tuberculosis (TB).TB patients have vitamin D deficiency (122/126 patients in the trial, or 97%), had inadequate levels of vitamin D ... |
6 January 2011
06:57 GMT |
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A new study led by Brent Kinder, MD, University of Cincinnati Health pulmonologist, director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Center at the University, concluded that a deficiency in vitamin D could be linked to the development and severity of certain autoimmune lung diseases, like lupus and type 1 diabetes.Dr Kinder... |
4 January 2011
04:51 GMT |
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Sunlight helps life thrive not just by providing heat and light for plants' photosynthesis, but also by helping the immune system become stronger, and vitamin D produced by the body in response to sunlight is very important for humans' development.A new research carried out by the Massachusetts General Hosp... |
27 December 2010
06:35 GMT |
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A recent investigation has demonstrated that children who were found to have low levels of vitamin D in their bloodstreams were a lot more likely to be predisposed to rapid weight gains, and also to accumulating more fat around their waists. Researchers are not yet sure about the mechanisms underlying this correlatio... |
9 November 2010
06:10 GMT |
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In a positive twist, more new mothers today choose to breastfeed their children, as this is the most natural way to go about taking care of the young ones. But breast milk does not provide sufficient amounts of vitamin D, and moms need to be aware of this too.According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a n... |
8 November 2010
05:12 GMT |
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New scientific studies have evidenced that people who avoid sunlight in order to minimize their risk of developing skin cancer have lower levels of vitamin D as a direct result. The fact that natural light helps the production of this essential vitamin in the skin has been known for a long time. Experts recommend at ... |
19 October 2010
03:45 GMT |
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a terrible disease that affects millions of people worldwide, and produces devastating consequences for the human body. At this point, there is little researchers can do in terms of finding a cure for this condition, and most course of treatment are aimed at relieving some of the pain assoc... |
23 March 2010
09:55 GMT |
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Many healthcare experts urge their patients to increase their uptake of calcium if they want to have stronger bones. Theoretically, a higher amount of calcium in the organism is better for the health of hard tissues, but only when some conditions are met. That is to say, the mineral needs to be fixed to the bones, an... |
15 March 2010
16:01 GMT |
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The immune system is the first and most important line of defense we have against invading pathogens, including bacteria, microbes and viruses. It comprises of many components, but some of the most important are killer cells known as T cells, which are the ones that engulf and digest the invaders, breaking them apart... |
8 March 2010
09:36 GMT |
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Primates and humans have been recently proven to have yet another thing in common, that is an immune system component that was apparently so effective at doing its job that it was retained in bodies for 60 million years, long before we separated from apes through evolution. This amazing ability is the production of a... |
19 August 2009
05:01 GMT |
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Multiple sclerosis, a disease of the nervous system that often leaves patients paralyzed, in a constantly deteriorating condition, is one of the conditions health care experts are fighting hardly against. Its onset and development have long since been associated with deficits in vitamin D metabolism processes, but no... |
17 June 2009
04:55 GMT |
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Sunshine and fish may be the two things that are indispensable to the development of the human brain, a new scientific study from experts at the University of Manchester shows. The health experts argue that vitamin D, which can be abundantly found in fish, has the ability to increase the mass of gray matter inside th... |
21 May 2009
09:21 GMT |
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Although we previously thought that prolonged exposure to direct sunlight may cause severe forms of skin cancer, apparently, we need to be in the open at least 10 to 15 minutes daily, in order for our bodies to produce a sufficient quantity of vitamin D to last us a day. According to two studies published by Harvard ... |
30 September 2008
03:15 GMT |
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If you're already been diagnosed with osteoporosis, don't panic - it doesn't mean that you'll have to miss out on most of the fun parts of your life, it simply means that you will have to pay extra attention to what you eat, and when you eat it.The best moment in the day for an extra dose of calci... |
10 June 2008
16:34 GMT |
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