1. Therma-Med, Inc. Launches New Product Line
(Company News/Therma-Med, Inc.)

... maintenance formulas, Calcium and Vitamin D3 supplements just to name a few. The products that will be available complement the services offered at Chiropractic Clinics and overall wellness centers, and ...

2. UAE residents need to get out in the sun more
(World/Middle East)

... Vitamin D and are therefore leaving themselves more prone to osteoporosis and other bone conditions later in life. The recent initiative by Dubai Bone and Joint Centre to conduct mass screening in the ...

3. New weapons in the war on osteoporosis
(Imported/Imported)

... to make sure your body has enough calcium and vitamin D for the drug to work effectively. "If you start bisphosphonates with vitamin D deficiency, you have a higher risk of hypocalcemia, or low calcium ...

4. Global view shows link between endometrial cancer and vitamin D status
(Communities/Nuclear Molecular)

... specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), and endometrial cancer. UVB exposure triggers photosynthesis of vitamin D3 in the body. This form of vitamin D is also available through diet and supplements. Previous ...

5. Amgen cancer trial shows denosumab strengthens bone
(Communities/Musculoskeletal )

... early-stage breast cancer patients who had below-average bone density, but had not progressed to osteoporosis. All of the participants were required to take calcium and vitamin D daily. Each of the women ...

6. Alendronate prevents bone loss during androgen-deprivation therapy
(Imported/Imported)

... prostate cancer. The men were randomized to alendronate 70 mg once weekly or placebo. All subjects were given supplements with 500 mg calcium carbonate and 200 U of vitamin D. After 1 year of treatment, ...

7. Ultraviolet radiation may protect against prostate cancer
(Imported/Imported)

... that ultraviolet radiation protects against the development of prostate cancer, possibly through the formation of vitamin D3, although some plasma studies do not clearly suggest a benefit of vitamin D ...

8. Over time, more women are developing MS than men
(Imported/Imported)

... use of cosmetics that may block vitamin D absorption,” he said. “At this point we’re just speculating on avenues of research that could be pursued.” Cutter said the largest increase in the ratio has been ...

9. Higher calcium and vitamin D intakes positively associated with brain lesions in older men and women
(Imported/Imported)

Elderly men and women who consumed higher levels of calcium and vitamin D are significantly more likely to have greater volumes of brain lesions, a new study has found.Elderly men and women who consumed ...

10. Elevated albumin-creatinine ratio linked to increased risk of nonvertebral fractures
(Imported/Imported)

... mechanisms behind the relationship in women are still to be determined," the researchers note, but "some of the effect may be mediated by an impaired secretion of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, which leads to ...

11. Patients with osteoporotic fractures benefit from a year of calcium plus vitamin D
(Imported/Imported)

Among patients with a recent low-energy fracture, a year of treatment with calcium and vitamin D reduces bone turnover, according to findings published in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical ...

12. Weekly dose of osteoporosis drug prevents bone loss after breast cancer treatment
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... received calcium and vitamin D supplements. However, half took 35 milligrams of risedronate once a week while others took a placebo. "Chemotherapy drugs and other medical treatments for breast cancer ...

13. Bone health of breast cancer patients compromised by long-term chemotherapy
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... breast cancer. Vitamin D levels were slightly lower in the control group than in the cancer group. The presence of at least one secondary cause of osteoporosis was found in roughly three-quarters of both ...

14. Plenary lectures announced for world's largest osteoporosis congress
(Imported/Imported)

...  Professor Eugene McCloskey, UK Vitamin D Insufficiency: Myth or Reality Professor Steven Boonen, Belgium Approaches to the Prevention of Bone Fragility throughout Life: Diet and Exercise Professor ...

15. Dietary calcium could possibly prevent the spread of breast cancer to bone
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... said. "Many older women in our community are known to be calcium deficient due to low calcium dietary intake or due to vitamin D deficiency. These women could be at increased risk for the devastating effects ...

16. Study shows some athletic men may risk low bone density
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... in women: family history, age, low body weight, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, inadequate calcium or vitamin D intake, low reproductive hormone levels, physical inactivity, and disease or medication ...

17. Calcium plus vitamin D prevents bone loss in elderly women
(Radiology Conferences/ECR 2008)

Even in sunny climates, the addition of vitamin D to calcium has long-term benefits on hip bone mineral density (BMD) and bone turnover in elderly community-dwelling women, researchers report. Even ...

18. Soft skull in neonates caused by maternal vitamin D deficiency
(Imported/Imported)

Softening of the skull bones - also called craniotabes -- in normal-appearing newborns reflects vitamin D deficiency in utero, a study by Japanese researchers suggests. Breast-fed infants with this ...

19. Preventing prostate cancer and BPH: Prostate-health expert available
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... per day (equivalent to four or more glasses of milk), the risk of aggressive cancer increases by more than 100 per cent. High intake of calcium suppresses blood levels of the active form of vitamin D, ...

20. Tufts researcher leads revision of osteoporosis guidelines
(Imported/Imported)

... of calcium (at least 1200 mg per day, including supplements (if necessary) and vitamin D (800 to 1000 IU per day of vitamin D for individuals at risk of insufficiency). "We continue to stress the importance ...