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- 75 percent of children in NE US had less than 20 ng of vitamin D in winter
- ICU surgical patients with low vitamin D stayed longer and had more sepsis
- Vitamin D patents became public - 1946
- Coloradans paid by Kaiser to lose weight
- Lack of solar UVB in US is associated with some Cancers - 2006
- No diabetes if more than 30 ng of vitamin D
- Graphs of Vitamin D and Cancer – meta-analysis
- Pharmacology of vitamin D
- 100,000 IU single dose of vitamin D - 2010
- Cancer patients 64% less likely to die if have high level of vitamin D
- Loading dose of 300,000 IU vitamin D every 6 months
- 20 ng of vitamin D is enough for African American PTH
- Should we be giving enhanced vitamin D intakes to all - Debate
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer associated with more than 15 ng of vitamin D in HMO Cohort
- Genetic differences explain some of vitamin D variation in African-Americans
- Only half of bone fracture patients were given treatment, the most popular being vitamin D
- Low vitamin D increased death rate 2X in Finland
- Psoriasis best treated by combinations such as vitamin D and UVB – meta-analysis
- Head and neck cancer occurrence and deaths associated with low vitamin D
- Off topic: 10X fewer autopsies in US hospitals in past 50 years