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Mashup Score: 4A view on vitamin D: a pleiotropic factor? - 3 month(s) ago
Vitamin D is precursor of the steroid hormone calcitriol and has important functions throughout the body, including increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium and phosphate. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked with a range of disorders, including several bone diseases. However, large trials of vitamin D supplementation have produced mixed results. Here, experts from around the world…
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Mashup Score: 1Vitamin D deficiency and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis - 6 month(s) ago
Objective The study intended to assess the pooled prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Design The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were employed to plan and conduct this systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources PubMed, Medline, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Science Direct and the Worldwide Science database were searched from their inception to 31 January 2023. Methods Data were extracted using a standardised data extraction format prepared in Microsoft Excel. The inverse variance (I2) test was used to evaluate the presence of heterogeneity across the included studies. To identify the possible source of heterogeneity, subgroup analysis was carried out. Funnel plot symmetry, Begg’s and Egger’s tests were used to evaluate the existence of publication bias. In addition, factors associated with VDD among patients with T2DM were examined. All statistical
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Mashup Score: 22Role of Magnesium in Vitamin D Activation and Function - PubMed - 7 month(s) ago
Nutrients usually act in a coordinated manner in the body. Intestinal absorption and subsequent metabolism of a particular nutrient, to a certain extent, is dependent on the availability of other nutrients. Magnesium and vitamin D are 2 essential nutrients that are necessary for the physiologic func …
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Mashup Score: 26Vitamin D supplements for better health – what’s the evidence? - Evidently Cochrane - 8 month(s) ago
GP Robert Walton looks at the latest Cochrane evidence on vitamin D to help you make a choice about whether to take vitamin D supplements.
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Mashup Score: 0Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Psoriasis Severity - 9 month(s) ago
Brown University researchers studied almost 500 psoriasis cases taken from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
Source: MedscapeCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 3Causal Effect of the 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration on Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study - 9 month(s) ago
BACKGROUND: Previous observational studies reported that a lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration is associated with a higher burden of cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD). The caus
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Mashup Score: 0Examining Vitamin D’s Role in Preventing C diff - 9 month(s) ago
A new study looks at vitamin D’s role in acting as a deterrent to the proliferation of C diff bacteria.
Source: ContagionLiveCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1High-Dose Vitamin D May Cut Risk for New Atrial Fibrillation - 9 month(s) ago
The risk fell by about a third over 4 years in nonvitamin D-deficient older adults who took vitamin D3 at 3200 IU daily, in a post hoc finding from a randomized trial.
Source: MedscapeCategories: Cardiology News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Prevention with Joel Kahn, MD - 9 month(s) ago
A weekly collection focused on cardio prevention
Source: MashupMDCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Vitamin D supplementation and major cardiovascular events: D-Health randomised controlled trial - 10 month(s) ago
Objective To investigate whether supplementing older adults with monthly doses of vitamin D alters the incidence of major cardiovascular events. Design Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of monthly vitamin D (the D-Health Trial). Computer generated permuted block randomisation was used to allocate treatments. Setting Australia from 2014 to 2020. Participants 21 315 participants…
Source: The BMJCategories: Latest Headlines, RheumatologyTweet
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