Study links vitamin D deficiency to accelerated aging of bones
Everyone knows that as we grow older our bones become more fragile. Now a team of U.S. and German scientists led by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National...
View ArticleQualigen's FastPack Vitamin D Immunoassay receives FDA clearance
Qualigen, Inc., a privately owned company that provides rapid, easy to use, fully quantitative diagnostic testing solutions, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the United States...
View ArticleNew systematic review analyzes patterns of vitamin D status worldwide
A new systematic review published in the British Journal of Nutrition, is one of the first to focus on patterns of vitamin D status worldwide and in key population subgroups, using continuous values...
View ArticleOPKO Health completes patient enrollment in first phase 3 trial of Rayaldy...
OPKO Health, Inc., has completed patient recruitment in the first phase 3 trial of Rayaldy to treat patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism, stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease and vitamin D...
View ArticleGilead Sciences gets FDA approval for once-daily single tablet HIV-1 regimen...
Gilead Sciences, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the single tablet HIV-1 regimen Complera (emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) for use...
View ArticleChemclin's Vitamin D assay helps in quantitative determination of 25-OH...
Chemclin's new Vitamin D assay provides components for in-vitro quantitative determination of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D (25-OH Vitamin D) in human serum by a competitive chemiluminescent assay method.
View ArticleHypocalcaemic seizure surveillance highlights UK public health policy failings
The occurrence of 91 confirmed or probable hypocalcaemic seizures in children with vitamin D deficiency over a 2-year period in the UK highlights a failure to promote appropriate supplementation.
View ArticleResearchers find link between vitamin D deficiency and seasonal affective...
Vitamin D deficiency is not just harmful to physical health--it also might impact mental health, according to a team of researchers that has found a link between seasonal affective disorder, or SAD,...
View ArticleUpsher-Smith presents favorable data from PREVAIL OLE study of Qudexy XR...
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. presented data from a 52-week, open-label extension study (PREVAIL OLE) showing that Qudexy XR (topiramate) extended-release capsules offered a long-term adjunctive...
View ArticleUpsher-Smith announces FDA approval of sNDA for Qudexy XR extended-release...
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Qudexy XR (topiramate) extended-release...
View ArticleFollowing restrictive sun exposure advice may be harmful to health
Following restrictive sun exposure advice in countries with low solar intensity like Canada might in fact be harmful to your health, says the co-author of a new study on sunlight and vitamin D.
View ArticleActive individuals may need to maintain higher vitamin D levels to reduce...
Vitamin D plays a crucial role in ensuring appropriate bone density. Active individuals who enjoy participating in higher impact activities may need to maintain higher vitamin D levels to reduce their...
View ArticleNew SACN guidelines recommend daily 10 micrograms intake of Vitamin D
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has published a report advising that anybody aged over one year should have a vitamin D intake of 10 micrograms a day throughout the year.
View ArticleCan vitamin D reduce asthma attacks? An interview with Professor Adrian...
In the past vitamin D was just thought to be important in regulating calcium homeostasis and bone health as vitamin D deficiency is best known for causing rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.
View ArticleVitamin D supplements do not prevent disease in the majority, says study
Current evidence does not support that vitamin D supplementation does anything to help prevent disease among the majority of people, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal...
View ArticleHypocalcaemic seizure surveillance highlights UK public health policy failings
The occurrence of 91 confirmed or probable hypocalcaemic seizures in children with vitamin D deficiency over a 2-year period in the UK highlights a failure to promote appropriate supplementation.
View ArticleResearchers find link between vitamin D deficiency and seasonal affective...
Vitamin D deficiency is not just harmful to physical health--it also might impact mental health, according to a team of researchers that has found a link between seasonal affective disorder, or SAD,...
View ArticleUpsher-Smith presents favorable data from PREVAIL OLE study of Qudexy XR...
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. presented data from a 52-week, open-label extension study (PREVAIL OLE) showing that Qudexy XR (topiramate) extended-release capsules offered a long-term adjunctive...
View ArticleUpsher-Smith announces FDA approval of sNDA for Qudexy XR extended-release...
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for Qudexy XR (topiramate) extended-release...
View ArticleFollowing restrictive sun exposure advice may be harmful to health
Following restrictive sun exposure advice in countries with low solar intensity like Canada might in fact be harmful to your health, says the co-author of a new study on sunlight and vitamin D.
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