| |
| Tan Responsibly - Hot News |
Vitamin D, Your Legs & PAD
Here’s something new to add to the growing number of reasons to get adequate amounts of vitamin D: it may help prevent peripheral artery disease (PAD), a condition that causes leg pain and numbness and can interfere with walking. PAD develops when fatty deposits narrow the arteries in the legs, and affects about eight million Americans. Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York analyzed data from a survey of more than 4,800 adults to compare vitamin D levels with the incidence of PAD. They found that the higher the levels of the sunshine vitamin, the lower the prevalence of PAD—in fact, the disease was 64 percent more common among study participants with the lowest levels of vitamin D than among those whose vitamin D levels were highest. The researchers did note that they couldn’t be sure that vitamin D—or the lack of it—is directly responsible for PAD because high levels of the vitamin could simply be an indication of a healthy diet and other beneficial health practices that might be protective against PAD.
|
| Recent
Articles |
- Vitamin D: Facts & Figures
For the last 80 years, scientists have focused on the link between vitamin D and calcium—the vitamin is necessary for calcium absorption and its deficiency leads to rickets. But this is just the visible tip of the iceberg. Beyond calcium absorption, vitamin D plays a role in cell-cycle and immune ...
- Demand For Vitamin D Tests On The Rise
With study after study touting the potential benefits of vitamin D—including the possibility it may stave off some cancers—requests for tests to check patients' blood levels have soared in the last year, leaving some medical labs scrambling to meet demand. LifeLabs, which provides a broad range of medical testing in ...
- Is Sunscreen Keeping You From Your Vitamin D?
With summer's full-strength sun overhead, people are slathering on sunscreen and ducking indoors for protection - as they should be, most dermatologists would say.But at least one doctor says to let in the sunshine.Spending about 15 minutes unprotected in the sun two to three times a week, while taking a ...
|
 |
Hot
News |
06/12/2008
- Low Vitamin D Common With Rheumatic Diseases
Nearly three-quarters of patients seen at a rheumatology clinic—which focuses on diseases affecting the joints, muscles, bones, and tendons—have a vitamin D deficiency, researchers based in Ireland found. Muhammad Haroon ...
- Sun Lounge Tanning Studio Goes Green
Los Angeles, Calif.-based Sun Lounge Tanning Studio has gone green. To do its part to reduce the salon’s energy demand and carbon footprint, Sun Lounge is using solar power. The ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
