Vitamin D, often hailed as the "sunshine vitamin," is celebrated for its crucial role in bone health, immune function, a ...

Vitamin D plays a vital role in the human body, far beyond just keeping bones strong. It helps your muscles move, allows your ...

Brains that have higher levels of vitamin D show better cognitive function, a new study suggests. Scientists have said that the research, which looked at vitamin D levels in adults who suffered from ...

If it’s not caught in time, vitamin D toxicity can progress to kidney failure, irregular heartbeat and eventually, death. If ...

Values between 12 and 20 ng/mL are considered insufficient, and anything below 12 ng/mL is considered a deficiency. There is also concern about the risks of too much vitamin D, known as ...

Higher concentrations of 25(OH)D 3-- the main form of vitamin D assessed in the study -- in four areas of the brain were tied to 25% to 33% lower odds of dementia or mild cognitive impairment, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) You’ve likely heard about vitamin D’s important role in maintaining strong bones and teeth. But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy – including the ...

Vitamin D deficiency may cause poor muscle function, particularly in older adults, according to a new study by Australian researchers. In experiments using mice, researchers at the Garvan Institute of ...

Pathologists are frustrated with the inappropriate ordering because “we don’t see the patient; we see the test that was ...

In a definitive critical review, scientists at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland ask whether there is convincing biological or behavioral evidence linking vitamin D deficiency to brain ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jacqueline Hernandez, Florida International University and Cristina Palacios, Florida ...