Research studies have shown a direct connection between vitamin D deficiency and heart disease. The authors of a 2006 article in theAmerican Journal of Public Healthstate, after a review of more than 60 studies on vitamin D and Cancer, that cancer occurrence and death could be reduced with imp...
Background: Vitamin D has immune-regulatory functions in experimental colitis, and low vitamin D levels are present in Crohn's disease. Methods: We performed a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial to assess the benefits of oral vitamin D3 treatment in Crohn's disease. We included ...
The potential extra-skeletal effects of the vitamin D endocrine system (which refers to vitamin D in its active form, its precursors and metabolites, and vitamin D receptor) are based on several arguments. For example, the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and CYP27B1 (the enzyme primarily responsible...
The VITAL study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2 × 2 factorial trial that examined the benefits and risks of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol, 2000 IU/d) and marine omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/d) for primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease among 25 871...
Finding new therapeutic avenues for CF is imperative and with the development of modulators and potentiators of the CFTR protein, the status of some CF patients have improved. However, these drugs are only suited to correct a subgroup of CFTR mutations, limiting their benefits to only certain pa...
(OH)D levels might have beneficial effects, such a change in public health policy should be based on established benefits in high-quality RCTs. It is also important to be certain that in addition to benefits, that a higher supplementation dose will not be harmful. Literature with regard to ...
Still, it would be reckless to deny the relationship between 25OHD and BMD and the role of vitamin D supplementation in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis for targeted candidates. Clinical trials supported the skeletal benefits of vitamin D supplementation for persons with a serum 25OHD...
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Effects of Simulated Microgravity on Rat Reproductive System: Potential Benefits of Vitamin D3 Intervention Saeed Rabiee Shiva Zaboli Alireza Mohebbi Reproductive Sciences (2024) Low serum anti-Müllerian hormone is associated with semen quality in infertile men and not influenced by vitamin D suppl...
Previous RCTs, however, were not adequately designed to address extraskeletal events, and did not focus on vitamin D-deficient individuals. Therefore, currently available evidence does not support cardiovascular benefits or harms of vitamin D supplementation with the commonly used doses, and whether ...