The first thing you could do to find out if you’re vitamin D deficient is try an at-home blood test – they’re readily ...

Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD Key Takeaways Calcium builds and strengthens bones, while vitamin D helps your ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had lab work done recently and received a panic call from the doctor’s office that my vitamin D level was 29 ng/mL. I needed to start 50,000 IU once a week for 12 weeks immediately.

Researchers report in a study, published in Biomolecules and Biomedicine, that lower blood levels of vitamin D are ...

Nearly a quarter of Americans are estimated to have a vitamin D deficiency. Why is that? A 2022 study of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) data estimated that about 22% of ...

The Importance of a Healthy Diet To achieve optimal health, enhancing your diet is essential. It is important to incorporate a wide range of foods that supply the body with vital nutrients. A balanced ...

Nutritionist Rashi Chowdhary reveals four essential health tests that every Indian should take to understand why "normal" is not always healthy.

WEEK, JUST IN TIME FOR THE 4TH OF JULY. WELL, IN THIS MORNING’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, WE ALL GET VITAMIN D FROM BEING IN THE SUN, BUT HOW MUCH DO WOMEN REALLY NEED? WOMEN AGES 30 TO 70 NEED ABOUT 600 ...

Vitamin D helps maintain bone health and is found in certain foods, supplements, and sunlight when it interacts with the skin. Cholesterol is a fatty substance found in cells that helps make hormones ...

Vitamin D is a real multitasker. It “helps your body absorb calcium, which is essential for strong bones and teeth and helps prevent rickets in children and osteoporosis in adults,” Nicholas Rush, a ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, researchers from Germany investigated a large cohort from the United Kingdom (U.K.) Biobank to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal ...