ETSU scientists make discovery about possible Vitamin D benefits
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -
Scientists at ETSU’s Quillen College of Medicine have discovered vitamin D could be beneficial for more than strengthening bones. The vitamin could actually lessen calcification in soft tissue.
"Vitamin D could regulate calcification and it turned out when you put more Vitamin D on to conditions where you get more calcification, you can protect against the calcification,” Dr. Matt Keasey, a research associate in the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
Kease added that soft tissue calcification is most common in the elderly but no matter the age, your body needs it. Vitamin D is mostly absorbed through sunlight, but it can be found in supplements as well.
http://www.wcyb.com/news/etsu-discovers-vitamin-d-benefits/40298510Vitamin D deficiency contributes to spread of breast cancer in mice, study finds
If you go over to Sciencedaily.com their are more studies of Vit D and pregnancy that are very interesting.
Date:
March 2, 2016
Source:
Stanford University Medical Center
Vitamin D deficiency contributes to spread of breast cancer in mice, study finds
Breast tumors in laboratory mice deficient in vitamin D grow faster and are more likely to metastasize than tumors in mice with adequate levels of vitamin D, according to a preliminary study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
from Sciencedaily.com
Low vitamin D predicts aggressive prostate cancer
Low level of vitamin D at time of surgery is linked to potentially lethal cancer in men
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160301131117.htm
Date:
March 1, 2016
Source:
Northwestern University
A new study provides a major link between low levels of vitamin D and aggressive prostate cancer. Northwestern Medicine research showed deficient vitamin D blood levels in men can predict aggressive prostate cancer identified at the time of surgery.
The finding is important because it can offer guidance to men and their doctors who may be considering active surveillance, in which they monitor the cancer rather than remove the prostate.
"Vitamin D deficiency may predict aggressive prostate cancer as a biomarker," said lead investigator Dr. Adam Murphy, an assistant professor of urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine urologist. "Men with dark skin, low vitamin D intake or low sun exposure should be tested for vitamin D deficiency when they are diagnosed with an elevated PSA or prostate cancer. Then a deficiency should be corrected with supplements."
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