A quiz to assess whether you're at risk of a vitamin D deficiency Want to get it right now? Download the PDF guide to vitamin D here. If you’re a coach, this is a great handout or reference sheet for clients. And if you’re curious about vitamin D yourself, you’ll have the ...
USES:Vitamin A is used to prevent or treat low levels of the vitamin in people who do not get enough of it from their diets. Most people who eat a normal diet do not need extra vitamin A. However, some conditions (such as protein deficiency, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, liver/pancreas prob...
Vitamin D deficiency is currently a global health problem. It is estimated that about 30% of adults have vitamin D deficiency (serum 25(OH)D < 50 nmol/L) and about 60% have insufficiency (serum 25(OH)D 50–75 nmol/L) [4]. The underlying reasons are probably multi-factorial including...
Concerned by this outbreak, the hospital asked the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to look into the situation. Researchers from the CDC examined Tennessee hospital records and found that between the years 2007 and 2012, there had been zero cases of Vitamin K deficiency bleeding out of more t...
The aim of this paper is to introduce an evidence-based toolkit, including a translational model for best practices for addressing vitamin D deficiency in public health and practice, highlighting existing evidence-based patient care technologies, and providing key resources to enhance the knowledge and...