Middle Eastern women may have vitamin D deficiency
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NEW YORK  - In certain Middle Eastern and other countries where conservative dress curtails exposure to sunlight, high levels of vitamin D supplementation may be needed to raise serum levels sufficiently in women, investigators report.
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Boston researchers report a link between low serum levels of vitamin D and decreased knee function in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
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The nutritional disorder, beriberi -- caused by lack of vitamin B1 in the diet -- can appear in teens who have undergone gastric bypass surgery for severe obesity.
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Large doses of vitamin D may reduce  the risk of cancer, according to a four-year U.S. study  published on Friday involving nearly 1,200 women over the age  of 55 in rural Nebraska.
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NEW YORK  - Women with higher or lower  blood levels of vitamin A than average appear to be at  increased risk of hip fracture, according to a report in the  American Journal of Medicine.
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FRIDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Patients in phase 1 cancer trials may be skewing the results if they are also taking vitamins, herbal preparations, minerals and other dietary supplements, researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Taking 1,000 to 2,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D each day may safely reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, according to pooled data from published studies.
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10/18/2004 - Americans were warned last week that unless they up their consumption of calcium and vitamin D, the number of people suffering from osteoporosis and low bone mass is likely to jump, and advised that supplements could be the answer.
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NEW YORK  - The findings of a series of animal studies indicate that calcium deficiency, which accelerates the rate that calcium is absorbed back into the bone, promotes breast cancer tumor growth in bone, Australian researchers report.
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Very active young women who took higher-than-recommended doses of calcium and vitamin D supplements for eight weeks had fewer stress fractures than women who were given dummy pills, a study of Naval recruits showed.
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People with higher levels of vitamin D have a markedly reduced risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published on Tuesday that may point to a promising way to protect against the disease.
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Most women know that calcium is critical in preventing osteoporosis, the disease of progressive bone loss and fractures that affects millions of Americans.
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Folate, a vitamin already known for its power to prevent birth defects, also appears to reduce the risk of high blood pressure in women young and old.
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NEW YORK  - Women who regularly eat fruits and vegetables may have lower odds of developing painful gallstones, the results of a large study suggest.
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TUESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Premenopausal women who get a lot of vitamin D and calcium may cut their risk of breast cancer by almost a third, Harvard Medical School researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - An "extremely high" proportion of pregnant women living in the northern United States, and their newborns, have insufficient vitamin D levels, and taking prenatal vitamins may not increase vitamin D levels adequately.
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Large doses of vitamin D may reduce the risk of cancer, according to a four-year U.S. study published on Friday involving nearly 1,200 women over the age of 55 in rural Nebraska.