Woman, 20, who slathered herself in suncream every day breaks 10 ribs from coughing ‘due to her vitamin D deficiency causing fragile bones’ Sun-dodger was obsessed with having pale skin and mostly stayed indoors She had bad asthma which caused her to have violent coughing fits during night Doctors say her sun-dodging and excessive sunscreen […]
Immune system targets vitamin B12 pathway to neutralize bacteria
Close to 1.8 billion people worldwide are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the common and occasionally deadly bacterium that causes millions of cases of tuberculosis each year. The bacteria, having coevolved with humans over millennia, have devised ways of hijacking nutrients from its human host for its own benefit. Humans have equally complex ways of […]
Eye damage linked to popular over-the-counter vitamin that lowers cholesterol can be reversed
In a first-of-its-kind clinical report, retina specialists at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) have shown that severe vision loss from a self-prescribed high dose of over-the-counter niacin is linked to injury of a specific cell type in a patient’s eye. The experts report that discontinuing the vitamin led to […]
We should all take vitamin D supplements from October. Here’s why
According to the NHS, we should all take vitamin D supplements from October. Here’s why Ad Feature by FutureYou There can be little doubt in anyone’s mind that winter is well and truly on its way. And those of us who live in the UK could be more susceptible to vitamin deficiencies than those living […]
Vitamin D is not linked to low blood pressure in older adults
Researchers from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College have shown in the largest study to-date that vitamin D is not associated with low blood pressure on standing (orthostatic hypotension) in older adults. Their findings have been published recently in the prestigious journal Hypertension. Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a common chronic condition […]
The woman with NO vitamin D
The woman with NO vitamin D: 58-year-old loses 20cm in height, breaks bones and endures crippling pain due to a never-before-seen mutation that prevents her absorbing the ‘sunshine supplement’ Unnamed woman endured decades of pain in her back, neck, shoulders and hips Blood sample revealed she had ‘almost undetectable levels of vitamin D’ Does not […]
First case of person without the protein needed to transport vitamin D identified
Research identifying the first case of a person living without the protein needed to bind and transport vitamin D in the bloodstream has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The paper, led by a University of Calgary geneticist, and co-authored by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle, U.S., and University […]
What’s the link between vitamin D, gum health, and diabetes?
Diabetes, as many people realize, is a growing problem in the United States and globally. In 2015, almost 1 in 10 adults were estimated to have diabetes. There are about 1.5 million new diagnoses each year in the U.S. While there are certain well-known risk factors for diabetes, such as obesity and high blood pressure, […]