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Osteoporosis Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:03pm Vitamin D deficiency is being recognized as a growing problem in people who are at risk for osteoporosis. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation , over 60 million Americans, 41 million of them women, will have either osteoporosis or low bone mass by the year 2020. Vitamin D deficiency also appears to be linked to certain cancers Read on »

Causes of Vitamin D deficiency Signs of Vitamin D deficiency Fixing Vitamin D deficiency by Bill .. Posted Thu 14 May 2009 4:38pm Yesterday my wife got results from some blood tests and they showed that she had a vitamin D deficiency. I thought that this was odd since I was under the impression that anyone that got enough sun would have their bodies create enough vitamin D to stay healthy. I was apparently wrong. Not only is my wife deficient but a friend of hers as well Read on »

Causes of Vitamin D Deficiency by Lauren B. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:26pm disorderscystic fibrosis for example- that prevent their bodies from absorbing fat may become deficient in vitamin D. This deficiency can occur even if the person's diet includes plenty... that may cause a person to become deficient in vitamin D. -Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited genetic disease in which the body produces excess thick Read on »

Vitamin D deficiency, brittle bones abound by Cathy T. Healthy Living Professional

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Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:20pm BUENOS AIRES (Reuters Health) - In all regions of the world, more than half of postmenopausal women with the crippling bone disease osteoporosis are vitamin D deficient, regardless of age, latitude or season, researchers from US, the Netherlands and UK said here last week at the 11th World Congress on the Menopause. Read it here Read on »

Obesity Contributes to Vitamin D Deficiency by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:03pm Lack of vitamin D can cause osteoporosis, diabetes, heart disease, degenerative arthritis, infertility, autoimmune diseases, and cancers of the breast, prostate, colon... of sunscreens use may have had the unwanted side effect of widespread vitamin D deficiency. The rise in obesity may also be contributing to increased rates of vitamin D deficiency. Once Read on »

Is vitamin D deficiency linked t ... by Dr. Rubens D. Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 27 May 2009 10:39pm Is vitamin D deficiency linked to Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia? Hypothesis explored in the current issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Amsterdam... factors with Vitamin D deficiency, an article in the current issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (May 2009) by William B. Grant, PhD of the Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Read on »

Vitamin D Deficiency in Infants and Teens by Dr. Charlotte Thompson Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 13 Sep 2008 4:42am will be seen if this trend is not reversed. Teenagers, too, are being seen with evidence of vitamin D deficiency. In these cases, the bones show osteopenia or osteoporosis. Both... I found an interesting article in yesterday's ( 8/26/08) New York Times by Roni Caryn Rabin about vitamin D deficiency. It was hard for me to believe that family doctors Read on »

Vitamin D deficiency found in 76 percent of hip fracture patients by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 16 Dec 2010 12:00am deficiency among hip fracture patients in New Delhi, India, confirming the conclusions of similar international studies which point to vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for hip... percent were shown to be vitamin D deficient as measured by serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels [25(OH)D levels] of less than 20 ng/ml. In addition, 68.9 percent had elevated PTH Read on »

End-stage vitamin D deficiency by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:23am conditions together is chronic and severe deficiency of vitamin D . Vitamin D deficiency leads to arthritis, osteoporosis, coronary and valve calcification, high blood pressure... of vitamin D deficiency? I would propose that much of aging is really deficiency of vitamin D, chronic and severe, in its end stages. My colleagues might propose a 30- or 40-year Read on »

Widespead And On The Increase - Vitamin D Deficiency by Andrea Patient Expert

Posted Thu 02 Jul 2009 6:20pm Medical News Today---July 2, 2009 A new report issued by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and published in the scientific journal Osteoporosis International1, shows that populations across the globe are suffering from the impact of low levels of vitamin D. The problem is widespread and on the increase, with potentially severe Read on »