How prevalent is vitamin D deficiency among Hispanics? - Clinical Advisor

How prevalent is vitamin D deficiency among Hispanics?
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How prevalent is vitamin D deficiency in the Hispanic population? Should we routinely check vitamin D levels in Hispanic patients as we do in others? — Beth Pretti, NP, Indianapolis In a 2009 national survey of adolescent health, vitamin D levels were ...

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Elderly nursing home residents are deficient in vitamin D, study says - McKnight's Long Term Care News

Elderly nursing home residents are deficient in vitamin D, study says
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Nearly all residents at a German geriatric rehabilitation hospital had insufficient levels of vitamin D, while more than two-thirds had severely deficient levels, a new study has found. Vitamin D deficiency can contribute to higher rates of falls and ...
Vitamin D deficiency common in elderly patients Food Consumer

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Dangers of vitamin D deficiency highlighted - dh.gov.uk

Dangers of vitamin D deficiency highlighted
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Following fresh concerns about vitamin D deficiency, the UK's 4 Chief Medical Officers have written to health professionals reminding them about this issue. Figures show up to a quarter of the population has low levels of vitamin D in their blood and ...
Are European kids getting enough vitamin D? Winter weather reopens the debate Medical Xpress
Sun, sex and babies: Could vitamin D boost fertility? BioNews

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The Vitamin D Dilemma - Supermarket News (blog)


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The Vitamin D Dilemma
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by Ruth Kinzey in Refresh It seems as if we hear more and more these days about vitamin D deficiency in women in the US Turns out, it's a problem worldwide. According to Alayne Ronnenberg, ScD, associate professor of nutrition at the University of ...

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Vitamin D deficiency may cause infertility - Times of India


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Vitamin D deficiency may cause infertility
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Austrian scientists have found vitamin D's deficiency, long held as a risk factor for diseases like diabetes, may cause infertility among men and women. This deficiency has also been a risk factor for diseases like osteoporosis, or the thinning of bone ...
Deficiency of Vitamin D may play role in infertility News Tribe

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Vitamin D deficiency in geriatric patients - PhysOrg.com (press release)

Vitamin D deficiency in geriatric patients
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The great majority of geriatric patients in a German rehabilitation hospital were found to have vitamin D deficiency. Stefan Schilling presents his study results in this week's issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; ...

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Study finds high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in seniors - Private MD


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Study finds high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in seniors
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Researcher Stefan Schilling administered vitamin D tests to more than 1500 seniors in German nursing homes. The results showed that 89 percent had insufficient levels, while 64 percent had severe deficiencies. Vitamin D deficiency can be a major ...
Vitamin Deficiency Linked to Diabetes, Autoimmune Disorders, Cancer Care2.com

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Vitamin A supplements stock runs dry in state - Times of India

Vitamin A supplements stock runs dry in state
Times of India
"Vitamin A supplement is very essential for undernourished children. If they do not get the supplement, they run the risk of getting night blindness and their corneas might get damaged. Deficiency of Vitamin A is also associated with increased ...

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Severe Vitamin D Deficiency Raises Death Risk in Hemodialysis Patients - Renal and Urology News

Severe Vitamin D Deficiency Raises Death Risk in Hemodialysis Patients
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Hemodialysis (HD) patients with severe vitamin D deficiency are more than twice as likely to die from any cause compared with those who have sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a German study. The study, which retrospectively examined data ...

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Vitamin D deficiency in UK a 'major problem' - Telegraph.co.uk


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Vitamin D deficiency in UK a 'major problem'
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A quarter of all toddlers in the UK are lacking Vitamin D, according to research. Vitamin D supplements are recommended for those people at risk of deficiency, including all pregnant and breastfeeding women, children under five, and the elderly, ...
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