Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Increased Risk of Leukemia

Enjoying the sunshine has several health benefits because it is rich in Vitamin D. This vitamin promotes calcium absorption in the gut and maintains adequate serum calcium and phosphate concentrations that enable the normal mineralization of bone and prevents hypocalcemic tetany. Vitamin D deficiency is linked...

Wanna reduce cancer risk? Greater Sun exposure might save you

As after the long time research, it has been proven that the greater exposure of the skin to the sunlight results in the lower risk of cancer. As this fact has proven after the research from the 172 countries of the world. The exposure to the...

Researchers link higher risk of leukemia to low sunlight and vitamin D

Epidemiologists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that persons residing at higher latitudes, with lower sunlight/ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure and greater prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, are at least two times at greater risk of developing leukemia than equatorial populations. The findings...

Low sunlight and Vitamin D leads to higher risk of leukemia: New Study

People residing at higher latitudes, with lower sunlight or ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure and greater prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, are at least two times at greater risk of developing leukemia than equatorial populations. These results suggest that much of the burden of leukemia worldwide is...

Intake of vitamin D, exercise can help ease winter woes

Winter may be the best time of the year for many. But for those suffering from joint pains and discomfort in the bones, this season can be a cause for concern. Orthopaedic surgeons say that while proper medications can help, a good dietary regimen, along...

Vitamin D could cure MS

High doses of vitamin D can dampen down the hyper active immune response linked to multiple sclerosis (MS), a study has found. Low levels of vitamin D in the blood are known to be associated with an increased risk of developing MS. Patients with the...

Vitamin D could treat people with multiple sclerosis

Taking a high dose of vitamin D could be an inexpensive and easy way to treat people with multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disorder that affects the brain and spinal chord, suggests promising new research. "These results are exciting, as vitamin D has the potential to...

90 per cent of people in India get damaged knee joints by 60-65 years

Vitamin D deficiency is the sole reason behind decreasing bone mass density leading to the increase of osteoporosis. Nearly 90 per cent of people suffer from damaged knee joints by the age of 60-65 years, orthopedicians have said, adding that in majority of the cases the...

Why you can’t afford to miss out on Vitamin D

Remember that cute little six-something boy who featured in a TV ad for leading brand of malt drink sermonising "Ismein mein hai Vitamin D jis se doodh ka calcium waste nahin hota…" You know what even at that tender age he used to give us...