Low vitamin D levels may damage lungs, promote severe asthma: Study

27-Sep-2011 - Deficient levels of vitamin D may cause structural changes in the airways of children with a severe type of asthma, suggests new data from London.

Researchers report ‘concerning’ decline in food-based vitamin D intakes

26-Sep-2011 - The intake of vitamin D from foods has been in decline in the US population for the past 25 years, says a new study that highlights a ‘concerning trend’.

Vitamin D may reduce depression for women: Study

31-Aug-2011 - Increased intakes of vitamin D from foods but not supplements are associated with reduced prevalence of depression for postmenopausal women, says a new study.

‘Most’ American children not getting enough vitamin D

30-Aug-2011 - The majority of American children are not getting sufficient vitamin D from sun exposure, even in summer months, says a new analysis from leading researchers.

Tufts-Harvard study builds vitamin D's anti-diabetes potential

09-Aug-2011 - Daily supplements of vitamin D may boost the function of the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, says a new study from Boston-based researchers that supports the potential role of the vitamin for pre-diabetics.

Doubling vitamin D levels most cost effective way to reduce global mortality rates, study

26-Jul-2011 - Increasing serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D is the "most cost-effective way to reduce global mortality rates", according to a new study.

Vitamin D may slash diabetes risk: Meta-analysis

22-Jul-2011 - Increased intakes of vitamin D are associated with a 13 percent reduction in the risk of diabetes, says a new meta-analysis.

News in brief

Deficiency in D major: Did vitamin deficiency lead to Mozart’s untimely death?

18-Jul-2011 - A lack of exposure to sun and the resulting deficiency in vitamin D may have been behind the early demise of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, suggests a new analysis.

Vitamin D plus calcium may cut skin cancer risk for women: Stanford study

28-Jun-2011 - Women who take supplements of vitamin D and calcium may be at a reduced risk of developing skin cancer, suggests new data.

Vitamin D linked to heart health benefits for men, but not women: Harvard study

14-Jun-2011 - Increased intakes of vitamin D are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease in men, but not women, suggest new findings from a Harvard-led study.

Food insufficient for Canadian vitamin D intakes

31-May-2011 - Vitamin D fortified foods are not enough to ensure an adequate intake of the vitamin, and one-quarter of Canadians are not meeting the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), says a new study.

Vitamin D supplements under threat from functional foods: Euromonitor

08-Apr-2011 - Functional foods, multivitamins and fish oil are an increasing threat to single vitamin D supplements, as consumers seek to understand the controversy in vitamin D recommendations, says an analyst from Euromonitor.

Vitamin D-cancer evidence ‘insufficient’, says IOM committee members

24-Mar-2011 - The recent increase in vitamin D recommendations was focused on bone health because evidence for potential anti-cancer effects is ‘inconsistent and inconclusive’, say academics from the from the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) committee.

Food manufacturers hold the key to boosting vitamin D intakes: Expert

01-Mar-2011 - The most realistic approach to boosting the nation’s intake of vitamin D is for food manufacturers to increase the dose of vitamin D per serving, says a leading expert on the sunshine vitamin.