Many people have low vitamin D levels. While supplements can be a helpful way to boost levels, diet can be a natural way to ...
From HbA1c and Vitamin D to B12, thyroid and cholesterol, Dr Rajeev Sharma explains what common blood test results may indicate and why a single high or low reading does not always tell the full ...
The body can produce vitamin D when the skin is exposed to sunlight. Vitamin D can also be obtained through certain foods and ...
A vitamin D analog may help break down pancreatic cancer’s protective defenses, potentially making tumors more vulnerable to ...
A meta-analysis of randomized trials found that people taking vitamin D2 ended up with blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 ...
One blood draw, four tubes, and a free appointment can still produce a bill weeks later because the orders written during a wellness visit travel through Medicare on separate tracks with different ...
Sunlight is not a medicine where 'more is better'. Its benefits and risks depend on time of day, latitude, season, skin ...
Very low vitamin D levels during pregnancy were associated with a higher likelihood of giving birth early in a study of ...
The VITALITY trial and cohort followed more than 2,700 Melbourne infants for nearly a decade to test whether daily vitamin D ...
Vitamin D is one of the few vitamins that the body can produce itself, in addition to obtaining it from food. The raw ...
Interpreting your blood test isn’t as straightforward as it seems – and getting more sun isn’t necessarily the solution.
Dr Rajeev Sharma, Vice President, Medical Affairs, Tata 1mg, explains that a huge majority of the Indian population is ...