Blogs Posts on "Vitamin D"

Researcher suggests breast cancer risk could be virtually eradicated by higher vitamin D levels by treatment options for vision conditions & eye diseases on Nov 11, 2009Breast cancer is a disease so directly related to vitamin D deficiency that a woman's risk of contracting the disease can be 'virtually eradicated' by elevating her vitamin D status to what vitamin D scientists consider to be natural blood levels, ac...

Ryan McLaughlin - The One Man 'Halt MS' Campaigner by Subrosa on Nov 4, 2009Ryan and his MumFourteen year old Ryan McLaughlin from Drumchapel, Glasgow, was interviewed by Victoria Derbyshire on Radio5Live yesterday morning. It was his Scots voice which first attracted my attention and then the subject. His aims are to ensur...

A Vitamin D deficiency is rampant among Americans by All About Clothing Optional and Nudist Resorts on Nov 1, 2009For some reason, American doctors went overboard scaring people about skin cancer and the sun. Many Americans are now scared of the sun. They never go outdoors without covering up and using a high SPF sunscreen. Now we find that 85% of Americans are...

Omega-3 and vitamin D linked to 40% reduced risk of macular degeneration by treatment options for vision conditions & eye diseases on Oct 30, 2009Study shows that consumption of omega-3 fatty acids and omega-3 rich fish could slash the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by 40 per cent.

Importance of Vitamin D in Children: Get Out in the Sun! by Health, Beauty & Family on Oct 27, 2009I have posted before about my two youngest, who have chronic medical condition, and it was nearly a year ago on Halloween that my then, one year old caught a cold trick-or-treating and ended up intubated and on her death bed two hours away in Savanna...

Osteomalacia diagnosis - soft bones - adults - vitamin D deficiency by Health Care Nutrition on Oct 24, 2009Osteomalacia > Causes > Symptoms > Diagnosis > Treatment > Prevention > Rickets (in children )The diagnosis of osteomalacia is by visual observations, laboratory tests, radiography and biopsy.Diagnosis of osteomalacia by visual observationOsteomalaci...

Women with breast cancer have low vitamin D levels by treatment options for vision conditions & eye diseases on Oct 24, 2009Women with breast cancer should be given high doses of vitamin D because a majority of them are likely to have low levels of vitamin D, which could contribute to decreased bone mass and greater risk of fracture...

Causes of osteomalacia - soft bones - adults - vitamin D deficiency by Health Care Nutrition on Oct 23, 2009Osteomalacia > Causes > Treatment > Prevention > Rickets (in children)Among the many factors, severe vitamin D deficiency causes osteomalacia resulting in soft bones by their hypomineralisation in adults.Adult bones after attaining growth, due to man...

Osteomalacia symptoms - soft bones - adults - vitamin D deficiency by Health Care Nutrition on Oct 23, 2009Osteomalacia > Causes > Symptoms > Diagnosis > Treatment > Prevention > Rickets (in children)Common signs and symptoms of osteomalacia are bone pain, muscle pain and easy fractures of bones in the adults.Osteomalacia affected patient shows signs and...

Osteomalacia prevention- soft bones - adults - vitamin D deficiency by Health Care Nutrition on Oct 23, 2009Osteomalacia > Causes > Treatment > Prevention > Rickets (in children)Prevention of osteomalacia is by exposure to sufficient sunlight (ultraviolet B light), exposure to 'sunlight' and UV-B lamps, dietary intake of vitamin D rich foods and use of sup...