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Take Vitamin D and Ward Off Dementia

Take Vitamin D and Ward Off Dementia Vitamin D insufficiency was associated with faster decline in cognitive functions among a group of ethnically diverse older adults, according to an article published online by JAMA Neurology. Joshua W. Miller, Ph.D., of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., and coauthors from the University...

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Vitamin D Supplementation Not Associated with Lower Blood Pressure

Vitamin D Supplementation Not Associated with Lower Blood Pressure A review of clinical trial data suggests vitamin D supplementation was ineffective at lowering blood pressure (BP) and should not be used as an antihypertensive, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine. Intervention studies have produced conflicting evidence...

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Link Between Vitamin D and Dementia Risk Confirmed

Link Between Vitamin D and Dementia Risk Confirmed Researchers suggest that in older people, not getting enough vitamin D may double the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease. The study was published in the online issue of Neurologyå¨, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study...

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High Doses Vitamin D May Prevent Fractures

Daily high dose vitamin D supplementation is effective in preventing fractures in the elderly according to researchers at Tufts University. They studied data from 11 randomized trials ‰ÛÓ comprising more than 31,000 older adults ‰ÛÓ investigating vitamin D supplementation and fractures.åÊ “Taking between 800 IUs and 2,000 IUs of vitamin...

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Vitamin D Deficiency Could Lead to Mobility Limitations

Elderly adults who are deficient in vitamin D are at a higher risk for developing mobility limitations and becoming disabled. Looking at the link between vitamin D and the onset of mobility and disability, researchers followed 2,100 men and women aged 70 to 79 over six years. Mobility was determined...

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Vitamin D May Prevent Macular Degeneration

Women might be able to prevent macular degeneration by consuming a diet with high levels of Vitamin D. Macular degeneration, a progressive eye disease that can take away one’s vision, affects one in 10 Americans over the age of 40. Research from investigators at New York University’s Lagone Medical Center...

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Vitamin D Helps Reduce Falls

Researchers with The Cochrane Library reviewed five studies of vitamin D use in nursing homes. Four of those studies looked at fall rates among nursing home patients who take vitamin D. Residents were 28% less likely to experience a fall when given daily doses of vitamin D, and the benefit...

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Higher Doses of Vitamin D Help Prevent Falls

The U.S. Institutes of Medicine recommend adults aged 51 to 70 take 400 (IU) of vitamin D each day, and seniors aged 71 and older take 600 IU per day. Researchers at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, reviewed eight studies on Vitamin D and concluded that those doses aren’t enough....

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