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On Monday, U.S. researchers announced that Americans are not getting enough vitamin D.Researchers from the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine analyzed data from government health surveys, and found that three out of four Americans suffer from "insufficient" levels of vitamin D.Clinicians say insufficient vitamin D levels have been associated with cancer, heart disease, infection and poor health overall. "Vitamin D supplementation appears to mitigate the incidence and...

A new study finds that one in seven American adolescents is deficient in vitamin D, something that could raise the risk of high blood pressure, high blood sugar and metabolic syndrome.In the study, which highlights the association between high levels of vitamin D and lower risk of heart disease, researchers in the Department of Public Health at Weill Cornell Medical College analyzed 3,577 adolescents aged 12 to 19 years old, 51 percent of which were boys. The ethnic breakdown was similar to...

Start of Daylight Saving Time Declared 'Vitamin D Day' to Remind Americans to Get More of the Sunshine Vitamin WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As we get ready to change our clocks for Daylight Saving Time, the National Milk Mustache "got milk?" Campaign is declaring it Vitamin D Day to raise awareness of the important role of the "sunshine vitamin." Even though we have the ability to make our own vitamin D when the ultraviolet rays of the sun hit our skin, many Americans fail to get...

MONTREAL, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Enobia Pharma, an emerging Canadian biotech company focused on developing novel therapeutics for serious bone disorders, today announced completion of target enrollment in its pilot clinical trial in infants suffering from a severe form of hypophosphatasia. Enobia is investigating Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT) with ENB-0040 for the treatment of this rare and often crippling genetic bone disorder for which there is no approved treatment. ENB-002-08 is...

New Research is Discovering an Increasing Number of Negative Health Effects Resulting from Vitamin D Deficiency MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the 2nd year, the UV Foundation is promoting awareness of Vitamin D deficiency and its negative health effects by dubbing February "Vitamin D Deficiency Month." Vitamin D deficiency is becoming a serious problem, especially in states above the 37th parallel because it is impossible to manufacture Vitamin D during the winter...

Vitamin D is significantly associated with muscle power and force in adolescent girls, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).Although vitamin D is naturally produced in the body through exposure to direct sunlight, vitamin D deficiency has become widely common in the United States. Vitamin D deficiency has been shown to have a significant negative impact on muscle and bone health, and can lead to...

Nature Made(R) Consistently Meets Consumer's Needs as the Leader in Vitamin D Offerings NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Public Health Association (APHA) recently adopted 12 new polices associated with public health issues, with vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency as a leading concern. APHA's new policies, approved during their 136th Annual Meeting in San Diego, seek to support the major public health concerns for both children and adults in the United...

 A researcher from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has determined that a 9-month old infant who was admitted to a local Boston hospital with seizures and a bulging soft spot was actually suffering from rickets caused by vitamin D deficiency. This case study describing the findings appear in the January 22nd issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.A 9-month-old breast-fed male infant presented at a local hospital with a seizure after a few days of nasal congestion,...

Pregnant women who are vitamin D deficient are at an increased risk for delivering a baby by Cesarean section, U.S. researchers said. Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center said at the turn of the 20th century, women commonly died in childbirth due to rachitic pelvis, rickets of the pelvis. While rickets virtually disappeared with the discovery of vitamin D, recent reports suggest vitamin D deficiency is widespread in industrialized nations. The...

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) found that pregnant women who are vitamin D deficient are also at an increased risk for delivering a baby by caesarean section as compared to pregnant women who are not vitamin D deficient. These findings currently appear on-line in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.At the turn of the 20th century, women commonly died in childbirth due to "rachitic pelvis" rickets of the...