For patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, adding a higher dose proves just as effective as the standard dose of vitamin D3, despite one exception.

"These data support high-dose vitamin D supplementation in early MS and make vitamin D the best candidate for add-on therapy evaluation in the therapeutic strategy for MS," said study author Eric ...

However, the addition of high-dose vitamin D3 to standard treatment did not delay the progression ... suggesting that higher ...

BARCELONA, Spain — The addition of high-dose vitamin D supplementation ... adverse events between the two treatment groups, and compliance with vitamin D supplementation was high in both groups.

Taking high-dose cholecalciferol (vitamin D) as a supplement is safe and can ... presented the data at this year’s European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS ...

All patients demonstrated clinical and echocardiographic improvement following high dose vitamin D treatment. No patients required cardiac transplant, and only one patient required extracorporeal life ...

Aims Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) require supplementation of fat-soluble vitamins due to the effects of the disease on the pancreas and the resulting inability of absorb fat effectively. 1 The ...

Women aged 70 and older who received a single annual high dose of vitamin D experienced a higher rate of falls and fractures compared with women who received a placebo, according to a study in The ...

Despite high hopes, recent studies have found that vitamin D supplements taken alone don’t prevent fractures, make bones stronger or protect against heart disease or cancer — at least not at a dose of ...