Loss of muscle strength is a major risk factor for declining physical activity and function in later life. Vitamin D supplementation may play a role in reducing that loss, a new study has found. Study ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Declining physical performance among some Dutch seniors may not be a simple consequence of aging, it may actually be due to a vitamin D deficiency, results of a new study ...

Reduction seen in overall cohort and in those with BMI >30 kg/m2, hypertension. HealthDay News — Among older individuals with overweight, vitamin D supplementation coadministered with calcium reduces ...

Beyond the skeletal system, vitamin D plays a role in regulating immunity, reducing inflammation, supporting nerve and muscle ...

The researchers identified 38 (5.0%), 31 (4.2%), and 36 (4.7%) type 2 diabetes events in the placebo, 1600-IU/day, and 3200-IU/day vitamin D3 groups, respectively. (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D 3 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older people with low blood levels of vitamin D and high blood levels of parathyroid hormone are more likely to be depressed, Dutch researchers report. But it remains ...

Long-term moderate- to high-dose vitamin D3 supplementation did not reduce the risk of diabetes in healthy older adults. HealthDay News — Vitamin D 3 supplementation does not significantly reduce the ...