Over the past few decades, the "normal" blood level of vitamin D (25-OH vitamin D) was based on the amount needed to keep PTH from becoming abnormally high. Again, PTH at high levels can cause ...

Taking a dose of 3,320 International Units (IU) of vitamin D per day was associated with benefits such as blood pressure, ...

Study results published in Pediatric Rheumatology suggest that maintaining sufficient serum 25 (OH)-vitamin D levels could positively influence Kawasaki disease outcomes.

To determine if you are deficient in vitamin D, serum 25(OH)D blood levels are measured and are classified as follows: <30 nmol/L (12 ng/mL) - Vitamin D deficiency, bone health compromised 30-50 ...

Sufficient vitamin D levels may be associated with protection against ARIs, potentially through the induction of cathelicidin production.

The inactive vitamin D 3 is converted to active 1,25(OH)2D3 in the liver and kidneys, which acts as a hormone and affects various tissues. Notably, various cells, including those of the innate immune ...

A study from the Netherlands found that those living with depression showed 14% lower circulating concentrations of vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D, a form of vitamin D) than those not diagnosed ...

A new study reinforces the importance of vitamin D to health, especially as the onset of winter diminishes sunlight, the most ...

In the latest in our monthly series, Dr James Chambers asked readers to suggest what was causing ongoing nausea and tingling ...

Using mice, Ishii captured footage of osteoclasts breaking down bone tissue for the first time in the world. 06:00 The blue areas are bone, and the red parts resembling amoebas on the bone's ...

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The Vitamin D Blood Test (25-OH Vitamin D): Who, How, When, and Where Clinically speaking, things began to change in the 1970s when the blood test for vitamin D (known as the "25-OH vitamin D ...