Breast Cancer

At a time when more and more evidence is pointing to a direct link between increased vitamin D levels and a reduction in breast cancer, a new study announced today by GrassrootsHealth is seeking to find some answers for Canadian women. The GrassrootsHealth Breast Cancer Prevention Study in Canada will seek to prospectively examine the […]

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Editor Emeritus on August 20th, 2011

A note from the Vitamin D Council. A group in Canada, led by Dr. Julia Knight at Mount Sinai Hospital, discovered that administration of 24,000 IU/week for four weeks was associated with lower estrogen levels and progesterone levels. Per 4 ng/ml increase in vitamin D, progesterone levels decreased by 10% and estrogen decreased by 3%. […]

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Editor Emeritus on December 11th, 2009

According to a study presented by Marijke Jansen-van der Weideat at a conference at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America on 30 November, radiation from annual mammograms may further increase the risk that young women with genetic mutations or family histories linked to breast cancer will develop the disease. High doses […]

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