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- 2000 to 3000 IU required to start to help with osteoporos
- Japanese decided that 28 ng mimimum for proper parathyroid hormone
- Higher vitamin D levels associated with lower death rates only for non-smokers
- Vitamin D3 sensitizes breast cancer to radiation treatment - increasing cancer cell death
- Vitamin D2 D3 and calcitriol – not much in the abstract
- Only 15 percent change in vitamin D measurements in same month
- Vitamin D lower than 15 ng associated with almost 3X more depression in seniors with CVD
- UV dosimeters are being developed – similar to nuclear radiation dosimeters
- Recommendations to elderly- avoid UV but take vitamin D
- Vitamin D and Autism
- One statin decreased vitamin D levels but the other did not
- Low vitamin D associated with hemodialysis problems
- Suggests that college athletes supplement with vitamin D in winter
- Patients like me survey found vitamin D to be number one supplement
- Vitamin D May Be a Link to Black-White Disparities in Adverse Birth Outcomes
- People with high level of vitamin D were 40% less likely to get Type 2 diabetes
- Psychiatric problems such as ADHD treated with vitamin D
- 7X more likely to have low birth weight babies when mother very low on vitamin D
- Recommend 2500-4000 IU per day to reduce all-cause mortality by 18%– Grant Netherlands
- Calcium level somewhat higher due to vitamin D might be a problem