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High vitamin D intakes and sunshine may protect against breast cancer
Adequate sun exposure plus vitamin D supplementation could reduce the risk of breast cancer, says a French study.
Adequate sun exposure plus vitamin D supplementation could reduce the risk of breast cancer, says a French study.
Maintaining defined vitamin D blood levels can reduce the incidence of frailty in older women, suggests a new US study.
According to a new review, giving vitamin A capsules to children with vitamin A deficiency can reduce the overall risk of death by 24%.
Most evidence on vitamin D and calcium concerns bone health.
During the aging process, the body changes in many ways affecting its physical function. Some age-related physical changes such as wrinkles, graying hair and weight gain are obvious. Other changes, such as the gradual loss of bone tissue and the reduced resiliency of blood vessels, go unnoticed, even for decades. The rate of these processes can be very different from person to person and depend on a combination of both genetic and environmental factors.
A new report from the US Institute of Medicine has set out new, increased, dietary recommendations for calcium and vitamin D.
People with vitamin D deficiency may have an increased likelihood of suffering depressive episodes, a new US study suggests.
A combined supplementation of vitamin D and calcium is effective in increasing the bone mineral density of post-menopausal women, even when calcium intakes are adequate, says a new Finnish study.
A new review has come to the conclusion that a sufficient intake of lutein, zeaxanthin and omega-3 fatty acids is indispensible for the maintenance of eye health.
Vitamin B9 supplements do not appear to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events, cancer or death, says a new U.K. review.