MUHC.ca - There’s an epidemic of vitamin D insufficiency in progress. A ground-breaking study (of women) published in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found an astonishing 59 per cent of study subjects had too little Vitamin D in their blood.  Nearly a quarter of the group had serious vitamin D deficiency [...]

LoyolaMedicine.org - A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what Chicagoans need to get through the long winter, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON). The researchers propose that adequate vitamin D can help lift moods during cold weather months when days are short and more time [...]

news.ku.dk - Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defenses and that without sufficient intake of the vitamin, the killer cells of the immune system – T cells - will not be able to react to and fight off serious infections in the body.
For T-cells [...]

Often diagnosed in late stages, ovarian cancer has an asymptomatic onset and a relatively low 5-year survival rate of about 45 percent. But there is some good news about the positive impact that a healthy diet can have on ovarian cancer survival rates. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago determined that there is [...]

AFTAU.org - New research from Tel Aviv University with magnesium-L-theronate suggests that magnesium, a key nutrient for the functioning of memory, may be even more critical than previously thought for the neurons of children and healthy brain cells in adults.
Begun at MIT, the research started as a part of a post-doctoral project by Dr. Inna [...]

K-State.edu - Nutrigenomics, a field that studies the effects of food on gene expression, is in gaining more academic interest. Researchers at Kansas State University recently discussed the possibility of using food to prevent an individual’s genes from expressing disease. The researchers said nutrigenomics could completely change the future of public health and the food [...]