Vitamin D

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 October 28th, 2011

From The Vitamin D Council Newsletter When we talk about T scores, osteopenia and osteoporosis, we assume we are talking about older people, especially post-menopausal women. However, a group of obstetricians and pediatricians from the University of Sienna, led by Dr. Franco Bagnoli, reported that 42% of infants have osteopenia. Bagnoli F, Casucci M, Rossetti […]

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The Vitamin D Council is finally kicking its vitamin D clinic for children with autism into full swing this week. If you know of a child with autism, and the parents are willing to give adequate doses of vitamin D, the Vitamin D Council will help the parents with our new free vitamin D clinic […]

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Editor Emeritus on October 6th, 2011

By Dr John Cannell of The Vitamin D Council. The Health Gazette highly recommends that readers visit The Vitamin D Council site. Think of a study of more than 81,000 women. How much time do you think such a study would take; how much effort from the scientists? Then say it was prospective, that is, […]

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Editor Emeritus on October 5th, 2011

The following is an important article by Dr John Cannell of the Vitamin D Council. In September, 2011, two papers with three case reports of vitamin D toxicity were published. Two cases were manufacturing errors and one was a pharmacist’s mistake. Vitamin D levels associated with clear toxicity ranged from 194 to 1220 ng/ml. To […]

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