Pages tagged with "Seniors"
- Asthma and COPD in a few seniors greatly decreased by monthly 100,000 IU Vitamin D – RCT
- Half of COVID-19 death rate differences explained by rates of elderly influenza vaccination and low vitamin D
- Overweight elderly respond well to 3600 IU Vitamin D daily for a year – RCT
- Vaccine response improved by Vitamin D (Shingles in this case)
- Low muscle strength predicts low vitamin D level in elderly
- Elderly nutrition and COVID-19 – systematic review
- Magnesium in Infectious Diseases in Older People
- Vitamin D supplementation and high levels reduce COVID-19 deaths in elderly – Review
- Senior women need slightly more Vitamin D than senior men (24 ng vs 21 ng)
- Vitamin D is one of the alternate COPD therapies
- Omega-3 improves elderly muscles – 2 meta-analyses
- Adding just a little vitamin D does not help (muscle mass in this case) – meta-analysis
- Acute respiratory tract infections not reduced by Vitamin D if already have a good level
- 600,000 IU of Vitamin D (total) allowed previously weak immune systems to fight off a virus antigen
- 85 year olds who were not Vitamin D deficient had and continued to have few disabilities
- Hearing loss in seniors 2X more likely if low vitamin D
- 9X COVID-19 survival in nursing home if had 80,000 IU dose of vitamin D in previous month
- Increasing Vitamin D in aged care facilities to more than 800 IUs did not reduce falls
- Respiratory deaths in seniors – 40 percent are attributable to low vitamin D
- Centenarians in China 3X more likely to be active if high vitamin D