Vitamin D May Help Treat Asthma
Researchers in London have identified a mechanism through which vitamin D can significantly reduce the symptoms of asthma and suggest it may offer a new way to treat the debilitating condition, which in the UK alone affects around 5.4 million people and costs the NHS around £1 billion a year…
May 21, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alone-affects, costs-the-nhs, debilitating, million-people, nhs, oncalldietitian.com, reduce-the-symptoms, respiratory / asthma, symptoms, treat-the-debilitating
Women With Depression May Benefit From Vitamin D
Women with moderate to severe depression had substantial improvement in their symptoms of depression after they received treatment for their vitamin D deficiency, a new study finds.
June 27, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual, annual-meeting, case-report, depression, endocrine, endocrine-society, new-study, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, severe-depression, symptoms, their-symptoms, their-vitamin, vitamin
Vitamin D May Not Benefit Knee Osteoarthritis Sufferers
Adding vitamin D as a supplement does not appear to lessen the symptoms, or slow the progression, of knee osteoarthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta. Osteoarthritis, or OA as it is commonly called, is the most common joint disease affecting middle-age and older people…
November 9, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: annual-scientific, atlanta-osteoarthritis, bones / orthopedics, common-joint, commonly-called, diet, progression, rheumatology, scientific, supplement-does, symptoms, the-most