A publicly traded small biotech called OPKO Health initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial using RAYALDEE® (CTAP101 Capsules) as a treatment for mild-to-moderate COVID-19. Targeting 160 subjects many of whom with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease at greater risk for...
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Columbia University Investigator Receives $2M from FDA to Study Vitamin D to Reduce Risk of Respiratory Complications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted $2 million to Gary M. Brittenham, MD with Columbia University Irving Medical Center for a 4-year grant for the ViDAS 2 study comparing the effectiveness of a daily dose of oral vitamin D with a monthly dose over...
VITAL Study Involving 26,000 Participants Evidences Prevention Promise for Omega-3-Fatty Acids
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) completed the VITamin D and OmegA-3 Trial (VITAL)., the largest and most recent test to investigate Vitamin D or fish oil can effectively prevent cancer or cardiovascular disease. Results have been generally mixed however in...
University of Utah Clinical Trial Reveals Vitamin D Replenishment in Neurocritical Patients Fails to Improve Outcomes
A University of Utah conducted clinical trial has discovered that Vitamin D replenishment in neurocritical care patients who are vitamin deficient fails to evidence improvement. Study Background Vitamin D has been shown to impact prognosis in a variety of...
University of Utah Clinical Trial Reveals Vitamin D Replenishment in Neurocritical Patients Fails to Improve Outcomes
A University of Utah conducted clinical trial has discovered that Vitamin D replenishment in neurocritical care patients who are vitamin deficient fails to evidence improvement. Study Background Vitamin D has been shown to impact prognosis in a variety of...
Investigators from Quebec’s Laval University Study Concludes That Vitamin D Could Slow Type 2 Diabetes Progression
Laval University, Quebec, investigators recently concluded from a study that a vitamin D supplementation may slow the progression of type 2 diabetes in news diagnosed patients and those with prediabetes. An increasingly prevalent problem in developed nations, type 2...
Dr. Karen Johnson Led the D2d Study for University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Dr. Karen C. Johnson led University of Tennessee’s participation in the Vitamin D and Type 2 diabetes (D2d) study which found that vitamin D supplementation does not significantly reduce the likelihood of development type 2 diabetes in individuals with adequate levels...
University of Edinburgh-led Team Reveals Vitamin D May Regulate Immune Responses in Diseases
A University of Edinburgh, Scotland-led study reveals an active form of vitamin D can modulate the activity of immune cells and prevent autoimmune reactions known to be active in several diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The study titled...
University of Edinburgh Research Shows Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Increase Autoimmune Risk
The Irish Examiner picked up a press release covering University of Edinburgh’s research revealing the connection between vitamin D deficiency and an increase to susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS). The Edinburgh group also reports that their study may have shed...
John Hopkins Study: Vitamin D May Help Fight Pollution-Associated Asthma in Obese Children
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) reports a recent John Hopkins University School of Medicine study reveals vitamin D may be protective among asthmatic obese children living in urban environments with high indoor air pollution. The study...
Vitamin D May Speed Recovery from Resistant TB
As reported in MedicalResearch.com the World Health Organization estimates that 10.0 million people developed active tuberculosis in 2017, and that 1.6 million people died of this disease. Multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB is caused by bacteria that are resistant to...
UK & Belgium Research Reveals Taking Vitamin D Halves COPD Risk
As published in Thorax, Queen Mary, University of London researchers have shown that correcting vitamin D deficiency almost cuts the risk of lung attacks in half for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). What is COPD? A type of obstructive lung...
NHLBI Study Reveals Disappointing Results for Vitamin D and Fish Oil Supplements
Known as the VITAL study--VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL) held at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts. VITAL was an ongoing research study in 25,871 men and women across the U.S. investigating whether...
Univ. of Auckland Broad Review Points to No Benefits for Vitamin D for Musculoskeletal Health
As reported in MedwireNews, University of Auckland investigators reviewed 81 randomized controlled trials comprising 53,537 participants, of vitamin D supplements that included fracture (n=42), falls (n-37), or bone mineral density (n=41) as an outcome. According to...
Univ. of Athens Study Points to Vitamin D Supplement Linked to Weight Loss in Overweight Children
See Newsweek for a recent piece on a study driven by University of Athens Medical School and Aqhia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Athens involving 232 patients. The study linked vitamin D supplementation and the weight and health of obese children and adolescents. Lear...