Key Takeaways Vitamin D may help lower blood pressure in people with pre-existing high blood pressure and low vitamin D ...

For most of our lives we’ve been told a simple story about vitamins: take enough to avoid scurvy or rickets and you’re good. ...

Doctors say the ideal form of vitamin D comes from the skin when it absorbs sunlight. A dietitian expert weighs-in on the ...

Recent research has investigated the potential health benefits of vitamin D, and the role it may play in protecting against certain health conditions. One study found that vitamin ...

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Taking iron and vitamin D supplements together is a safe way to correct nutrient deficiencies and get the benefits of each.

When the Institute of Medicine announced last fall that it was changing the amount of vitamin D it recommends most adults get each day from 200 international units (IU) to 600 IU, some critics said ...

For vitamin D to work, it needs to be absorbed in the intestine, carried through the bloodstream and converted by the liver and kidneys into its active form ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. A large clinical trial found that taking vitamin D ...

Vitamin D3 may help drastically reduced the risk of having a second heart attack, a new clinical trial has found.

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