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Vitamin D deficiency may be linked to restless legs syndrome
25 June 2014
A new study from Turkey reports that people with low blood vitamin D concentrations may have an increased risk of developing involuntary movements of the legs.
08 September 2015
A new review from China reports that higher blood concentrations of vitamin D may protect against bladder cancer.
The systematic review and meta-analysis included a total of 89,610 participants, 2238 bladder cancer cases and their 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum concentrations (1). The analysis showed that participants with higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels suffered from an up to 25% reduced risk of subsequent bladder cancer. This statistic did not change when removing any single study from the analysis.
The researchers commented that vitamin D has important biological functions including modulation of the immune system and anti-cancer effects. Bladder cancer is a relatively rare cancer in which most cases occur in the cells that form the inner lining of the bladder. In the United States in 2014, there were an estimated 74,700 new diagnoses and 15,600 deaths from bladder cancer.
25 June 2014
A new study from Turkey reports that people with low blood vitamin D concentrations may have an increased risk of developing involuntary movements of the legs.
1 March 2016
Air pollution is a global problem with far-reaching consequences. Fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 increases the risk of illness and mortality from non-communicable diseases, especially cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The supplementation of micronutrients with antioxidant capabilities such as vitamins B, C, E and marine omega-3 fatty acids has been shown to offset some of the worst effects of PM2.5 inhalation.
31 December 2008
“It is surprising how difficult it has been to develop widely acceptable data relating diet and chronic disease. In spite of epidemiological and animal studies supporting many of these relationships, focused human clinical studies have often been negative or at best equivocal. There is no good explanation for this.”