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  1. The health effects of vitamin D supplementation: evidence from …

    Vitamin D supplementation can prevent and cure nutritional rickets in infants and children. Preclinical and observational data suggest that the vitamin D endocrine system has a wide spectrum of skeletal and extr…

  2. Vitamin D: The “sunshine” vitamin

    Emerging research supports the possible role of vitamin D against cancer, heart disease, fractures and falls, autoimmune diseases, influenza, type-2 diabetes, and depression. Many …

  3. VITAL Findings

    In this issue of the Journal, LeBoff and colleagues 2 report findings from an ancillary study of the Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), 3 which extend the results of that trial; …

  4. Introduction to Vitamin D: current evidence and future directions

    Indeed, there is evidence that vitamin D deficiency is a predisposing risk factor for several acute and chronic illnesses such as musculoskeletal disorders, type 1 diabetes, …

  5. Vitamin D Dosing: Basic Principles and a Brief Algorithm (2021 …

    Abstract. Nowadays, in modern societies, many people can be at high risk to have low vitamin D levels. Therefore, testing of serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25OH-D) levels should be performed …

  6. Vitamin D Supplementation: A Review of the Evidence …

    Laboratory detection of vitamin D deficiency is based on the measurement of serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), the vitamin D metabolite that best reflects the overall supply from all different …

  7. Vitamin D and Human Health

    This Special Issue, entitled “Vitamin D and Human Health”, summarizes recent advances in our understanding of pleiotropic activity of vitamin D in the form of eight …