Vitamin D regulates the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body – minerals essential for bones, teeth and muscle health. Kai Remmers/dpa Children whose mothers took extra vitamin D during ...

Mushrooms emerge as a nutritional powerhouse, offering vitamin D, essential minerals, and bioactive compounds that bolster ...

Vitamin D may not protect black women from bone loss. * THE QUESTION Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium, which in turn helps reduce the loss of bone density in older women. Since black women ...

Vitamin D is essential, especially when it comes to bone density. Certain foods can help make sure you get enough. Fatty fish like salmon and tuna are good options as well as mushrooms, and eggs, ...

Knee pain and swelling are no longer problems confined to the elderly. In recent years, even young adults have increasingly ...

Oct. 5, 2004 (Seattle) -- New research suggests that vitamin D intake is an often overlooked factor in bone health, even in women who are being treated for osteoporosis, according to two studies ...

Researchers discovered an association between hypovitaminosis D (also known as vitamin D deficiency) and high inflammatory activity, severe organ damage, culminative dosage of glucocorticoids, bone ...

Recent research suggests that vitamin D supplementation plays a key role in protecting DNA and slowing down the aging process ...

Astudy published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) last week suggests that intake of high amounts of vitamin A may increase women's risk of osteoporosis. The study, by Harvard ...