Tag: Vitamin D
Vitamin D Status Did Not Predict COVID-19 Infection Risk In The UK Biobank
A recent meta-analysis of 25 clinical trials located in 15 countries conducted by the UK National Health Service (NHS), Institute for Health Research, indicated that vitamin D supplements reduced the risk of acute respiratory infection (ARI) from 42% to...
Higher Vitamin D Status In Newborns Was Associated With Lower Asthma Rate At Ages...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), asthma is the most common chronic disease among children, globally. An inflammatory respiratory disease that causes breathlessness, coughing and wheezing, asthma has an approximate 10% prevalence in children aged 6-7 across the...
Biobank Study Of Severe Deficiency Of Vitamin D In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients
Vitamin D is produced in the skin by photochemical
transformation of 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) into pre-vitamin D and can also
be absorbed from dietary intake. In blood 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) is the most
abundant and studied form of vitamin D and provides...
Biobanking Science: Vitamin D Deficiency and Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and causes over 50,000 deaths a year in the US alone (1,2). People with vitamin D deficiency may have an increased risk of developing various cancers, including colorectal cancer, according to...
