Pages tagged with "Skin"

287 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D
• Overview Skin and vitamin D
• Skin benefits from vitamin D – major overview
• Low vitamin D before orthopedic surgery – dark skin 5X more likely
• Burns, ulcers, and wounds healed by Vitamin D - many studies
• Low Vitamin D strongly associated with Systemic Sclerosis - many studies
• Topical Vitamin D provides more benefits than oral sometimes - many studies
• Atopic Dermatitis and Eczema - many studies
• Warts removed by vitamin D injection - many studies
• Skin Aging and Vitamin D - many studies
• Virus and Dark Skin - many studies
• Dark Skin Diabetics and Vitamin D - many studies
• Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
• Vitiligo (spotty skin) and Vitamin D, UVB - many studies
• Leprosy, low Vitamin D and poor Vitamin D Receptor - many studies
• Vitamin D (especially topical) reduces Chronic Pruritus (itchy skin) – meta-analysis
• Chronically Itchy skin treated by topical Vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Hives (Urticaria) 7X more likely if vitamin D deficient, supplementation helps – meta-analysis
• Cancer of breast is highest in dark-skinned women (low Vitamin D: dark skin and obese)
• Acne 3X more likely if low Vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Sunscreen use is no longer associated with reduced skin cancer – meta-analysis
• Vitiligo associated with low vitamin D (Note: Vit. D and UV has treated it for over a decade) – meta-analysis
• Vitiligo (spotty skin coloring) is 4 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis
• Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis) treated by 1600 IU of vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis) treated by 1,600 IU Vitamin D (again) – Meta-analysis
• Vitiligo is associated with low vitamin D (nothing about treatment) – meta-analysis
• Atopic Dermatitis risk is 55 percent higher if low vitamin D – Meta-analysis
• Ricket was known to be associated with dark skin and breast feeding a century ago - 2005
• Less scarring (hypertrophic) if supplementation with Vitamin D got above 25 ng – RCT
• Atopic dermatitis reduced by at least half if take 2800 IU Vitamin D while pregnant - RCT
• Sunburning reduced by 200,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT
• Atopic Dermatitis not helped by small weekly doses of Vitamin D (8K 2y-6y.16K 12y-18y) – RCT
• Burns - will 200,000 IU of vitamin D decrease hospital stay - RCT 2021
• Blotchy skin in seniors (Bateman purpura or dermatoporosis) treated by topical vitamin C, etc. – RCT
• Vitamin D needed to get children to just 20 ng in winter 800 IU white skin, 1100 IU dark (Sweden) – RCT
• Atopic dermatitis dramatically reduced in Iran with 1600 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Atopic dermatitis treated by Vitamin D (in dogs too) - RCT
• Sunscreen (SPF-30) slightly increased the vitamin D from UVB – RCT
• Skin whitening cream (RD) may cause blotchy skin, 5,000 Vitamin D can treat it – RCT
• Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) in Mongolian children reduced with 1,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Sunscreen used daily vs discretionary: no difference in skin cancer rate – RCT 2016
• Women around the world want whiter skin
• Hard-to-heal Wounds associated with low Vitamin D
• Sweat types, folate, binding protein, lighter skin in females and Vitamin D
• Some skin-made Vitamin D is sulfated by the liver and stored for future desulfination and use
• High-dose oral vitamin D reduces chemo/radiation skin damage in 10 days (non-oral D probably faster)
• Should not have restricted sun exposure to the skin so much, especially for those with dark skins
• Photoproducts are made in the skin from UVA, UVB, visible, and IR light
• Some statins increase skin cancer risk by 40 percent (reducing vitamin D levels)
• 35 tissues activate Vitamin D locally (Kidney not required)
• Does Vitamin D protect skin from sun-tanning damage?
• Nitric Oxide is produced in the skin by the sun (UVA thru IR)
• Avoiding the sun resulted in 3,000 deaths, but avoided 40 skin cancer deaths
• Topical Vitamin D
• Shingles and vitamin D
• Psoriasis
• Occupational Skin Disease appears to be associated with low Vitamin D
• Vitamin D from the sun reduces the risk of internal cancers, but increases some skin cancers
• Skin fairness, red hair both associated with poor health (perhaps low vitamin D)
• 5 of the body's barriers (gut, skin, blood-brain, lung, vascular) are improved by Vitamin D
• Glutathione benefits \"virtually every physiological system\"
• Skin inflamation is often associated with low vitamin D - Dec 2025
• 25 percent of most dermatologic prescriptions are not filled, however all vitamin D analogs were filled
• Vitamin D trials for skin disorders (only 1 gave more than 3,000 IU for more than a month)
• Dermatology questions: What caused my condition, any natural cures: now 80% ask, before 0% asked
• 9 bacterial groups: gut, oral, skin, ear, eye, vaginal, urinary, nasal and respiratory
• Cancer - Skin
• Skin aging reduced by Vitamin D - Sunil
• Diabetes (Type 1) 14X more likely in dark skin children with low levels of vitamin D
• Skin scars (Keloids) more likely if low vitamin D, poor Vitamin D receptor, or dark skin
• Skin problems and Osteoporosis may be related via Vitamin D, Microbiota, and Epigenetics
• Hemorrhage after birth is 4X more likely if low vitamin D (dark skin, etc)
• Half as much blistering diseases (bullous) in portions of Chile with lots of sunshine
• Rare skin diseases (autoimmune bullous ) strongly associated with low vitamin D and is increasing
• Vitamin D - the only nutrient that increased skin firmness in women (reduce sagging skin)
• Immigrants with darker skin often need vitamin D (clinical practice guidelines)
• Acne
• Off topic: Earthing to improve health (bare skin grounded to the earth)
• Preterm Birth 2.7X more likely if low vitamin D (dark skin in this case)
• Atopic Dermatitus more likely if e-cigarette, passive smoke while pregnant or Caesarean
• High Dose Vitamin D reduces skin problems during Cancer Treatment
• Skin Health improved by Vitamin D and 12 other supplements
• Skin - Dark
• Nails treated by Vitamins (D etc.)
• Acne - Accutane - vitamin A - vitamin D and suicide
• Accutane for acne associated with birth defects, abortions
• STD rates are highest if dark skin, and US rates are increasing
• Challenges in Sun Protection - 233 dollar book
• Stroke 3 times more likely if dark skin woman has Hypertension before age 35
• Wounds and pregnancy masks treated by topical Vitamin D
• Skin
• Patent application for a skin cream which enhances production of vitamin D – Holick
• Off topic: Skin aging reversed with by oral collagen – trials and reviews
• Vitamin D benefits your skin in 7 ways
• Vitamin D and the skin
• Wrinkles and UVB
• Native American Indians mostly died of skin cancer (nope)
• The Risk of Skin Cancer From Sun Exposure Is Overblown
• Cancers reduced by Vitamin D (Skin cancer in this review)
• Sunlight on skin has decreased 9X while melanoma has increased 30X
• Review of autoimmune skin diseases and Vitamin D ignores topical form
• Vitamin D can be activated in the skin
• Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) aided by various forms and types of Vitamin D (1.06 X to 10 X)
• 18X increased destruction of skin cancers if active vitamin D added to photodynamic therapy (mice)
• 10X more skin cancer cells killed by photodynamic therapy when add Vitamin D
• Some women who want whiter skin avoid the sun – increasing the risk of colon cancer in this case.
• Darker Skin Health Disparities might be eliminated by Vitamin D (no surprise)
• Too much UVB: skin cancer, too little UVB: other cancers due to low vitamin D
• Vitamin D aids the aging skin
• Evolution of human skin color – Jablonski
• Skin Cancers, Vitamin D, Vitamin D Receptor and Genes
• Malignant melanoma may be reduced by skin-activated vitamin D
• Deep wounds (Diabetic) healed slowly if low vitamin D
• Risk of skin cancer vs. risk of low vitamin D
• UV LEDs (293 nm) produce the more Vitamin D in skin than 290-305 nm UVB
• Skin impedance might be a rough measure of Vitamin D
• 2.4 X fewer burn complications if have more than 20 ng of Vitamin D
• Sarcopenia with obesity is more likely if dark skin, diabetes, OR COPD (all associated with low vitamin D)
• Black obese children had low vitamin D and more fat under skin than whites
• Many Vitamin D metabolites: some help skin aging, reduce Cytokine storms, but are not tested
• Cancer death (non-skin) 2.3 X more likely if low Vitamin D
• Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer 2X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor
• Skin color and clothing but not sunscreens reduce vitamin D
• Many Organ transplants cause skin cancer – what is the role of UV
• Preeclampsia 2X more likely if low vitamin D, unless adjust for vitamin D factors (BMI, skin color)
• Infants need more sun than 17 minutes per week on 6 percent of skin
• Wound dressing will have Vitamin D - should reduce infections
• Skin and oral wounds treated via Vitamin D Receptor and Calcium (book chapter)
• COVID-19, dark skin, pregnancy - Dr. Grimes, etc.
• Vitamin D production after UVB exposure – A comparison of exposed skin regions
• Most sunscreens actually increase the growth of skin cancer
• 10 health problems associated with Dark Skin (low vitamin D)
• Healthcare workers at higher risk of COVID-19 if low vitamin D, especially if dark skin
• Book: Sunlight, UV, Vitamin D and Receptor, Skin and other Cancers
• Skin physiology, pathology and vitamin D - review
• Multiple Sclerosis 42X more likely if light brown skin and smoke (both associated with low vitamin D)
• UVB phototherapy (which increases Vitamin D and VDR) decreased risk of many heart and stroke problems
• Indications of increase COVID-19 problems if dark skin in the UK
• Have We Gotten Sunscreen Totally Wrong
• Ultraviolet light kills cold and flu viruses, and generates Vitamin D in the skin
• Chinese Skin Pigmentation Types (original in Chinese) - 2019
• Skin color and vitamin D – Jablonski – Spring 2012
• Type I diabetes in dark skin children associated with low vitamin D if far from equator
• Dark-skin plus low vitamin D in first trimester made preterm birth 2.9 X more likely
• Rickets in Norway – 93 percent had darker skin (lower vitamin D)
• The effect of vitamin D on different human cells, with emphasis on burns and ICU
• Fewer Burn problems if adequate Vitamin D – Less ICU, Hospital, Sepsis (10X)
• Fair skin has lower vitamin D levels than dark skin – contrary to other studies – 2009
• Skin cancer 20 percent more likely with some Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms
• Vitamin D produced in pig skin by 296 nmeter UV-LEDs
• UVB increases vitamin D even if poor kidney by changing CYP27B1 genes in skin
• Vitamin D insufficiency in UK youths – 37X more likely if dark skin
• Dermatologists use sun block, stay indoors, and have low vitamin D (Thai in this study)
• Leprosy risk is reduced by 3X for some types of Vitamin D Receptor (Brazil)
• Spotty skin coloring (vitiligo) treated by augmenting topical tacrolimus with oral Vitamin D
• Dermatologists still not convienced that Vitamin D reduces atopic dermatitis – Review
• Atopic Eczema might be helped by Vitamin D – Review
• High levels of Vitamin D and low rates of skin cancer among commercial fishermen
• Vitamin D for skin anti-aging – liposomal base is probably 1.6X better than oil base (in rats)
• Vitamin D Receptor in vitiligo skin activated by UVB
• Get enough Vitamin D from UK winter sun (if white skin and believe that 10 ng is enough)
• Warts eliminated by vitamin D injections
• Skin fold thickness but not BMI associated with poor Vitamin D Receptor in Han Chinese
• Response to UV varies more with pigment genes and age than skin color
• Skin wrinkles associated with fragile bones
• Possible DNA damage of skin if vitamin D levels less than 20 nanograms
• Vitamin D protects DNA against UV skin damage – 5 studies 2012-2013
• Hypothesis - Dark skin evolved to avoid skin cancer
• Premature birth and infant mortality worse if dark skin (low vitamin D) - 2015
• Large increase in dark skin children with vitamin D deficiency in Glasgow
• Sleep disorder and nonspecific pain implies low vitamin D, especially if dark skin
• Vitiligo (loss of skin pigment) treated by narrowband UVB
• Increased risk of atopic dermatitis with low vitamin D during pregnancy perhaps due to poor methylation
• Eczema 25 percent more likely if low vitamin D
• Atopic dermatitis worse for those with low vitamin D
• Many skin problems are associated with each other and with low vitamin D
• 9 minutes of full noon sun daily is all you need (if have white skin and believe that 10 ng is enough)
• Natural ways to prevent a sunburn – 2011, 2016
• Thin epidermis under skin cancer was thickened when vitamin D was raised to 70 ng
• True Story - This Vitamin D3 Shot Took My Already Clear Skin to the Next Level
• Skin directly benefits from the sun – no liver, kidney needed to create Vitamin D
• Vitamin D bed used 4 minutes daily by dark skin members of UK sports team
• Dark skin does not generate as much vitamin D from the same amount of UV
• Breastfed Infants in Iowa got very little vitamin D, especially if winter or dark skin
• Vitamin D and fertility and birth problems with dark skin
• Vitamin D deficiency 4X more likely in Italian teens if: dark skin, winter, obese, little sun, or use sunscreen
• Reasons for low vitamin D levels (Vit D can treat various skin problems) – 2016
• Off topic: Caesarean section increases risk of Eczema (Atopic dermatitis) by 1.8 X
• Genes for light skin – 29,000 and 900,000 years old
• Dermatologists are reminded of the importance of vitamin D in 8 diseases
• Vitamin D levels in Israel vs skin type and age
• Ultraviolet light (which produces vitamin D) decreased the use of psoriasis drugs for a year
• Raised skin scars (keloid) have fewer Vitamin D Receptors
• Non-melanoma skin cancer varies with latitude, melanoma does not
• Vitamin D and the skin: Focus on a complex relationship
• Dark skin pregnancies 2.6 times more likely to have low vitamin D
• Vitamin D receptor may suppress skin cancer
• UVA causes skin cancer, perhaps UVB (Vitamin D) prevents skin cancer
• Skin cancer (in mice) due to UV was prevented by vitamin D (active, topical)
• Patent granted for adding vitamin D to sunblock and skin cream
• Cardiovascular death reduction in dark skin migrants by just 1,000 IU of vitamin D
• Phototherapy and vitamin D
• A short history of phototherapy, vitamin D and skin disease
• Skin can create and activate vitamin D – kidney not needed
• Increase in Vitamin D deficiency with weight and skin darkness – chart
• Evidence indicating that vitamin D deals with microorganisms in atopic dermatitis
• Dr. Holick video on vitamin D
• Sunscreen cream (Photocil) which allows Vitamin D to be produced (not US)
• Sunlight, Vitamin D and Skin Cancer – 2nd edition
• Skin Cancer (SCC) minimized if get sun time around noon
• Stretch marks (after pregnancy) prevented and treated by Vitamin D
• Vitamin D deficiency can sometimes be inferred by Autofluorescence of skin - 2015
• Hypothesis - Atopic Dermatitis protected by Omega-3
• Alzheimer disease 5X less likely with nonmelanoma skin cancer (lots of vitamin D)
• Off topic – Skin luminance and hue
• Burned skin produces only about 25 percent as much vitamin D
• The darker the child’s skin, the lower the vitamin D level (Spain)
• Kidney Cancer differences with skin color probably due to vitamin D differences
• Sunscreens - 80 percent are ineffective or possibly harmful
• Itchy skin (pruritus) due to kidney disease was treated with topical vitamin D
• Skin damaged by sun helped by vitamin D supplementation - pilot study
• Darker skin smokers have lower levels of vitamin D
• 92 percent of Burn patients had low vitamin D, 600 IU did not help
• For small amounts of sunshine the amount of skin exposed may not matter
• Every person having Verneuil's disease (skin) was vitamin D deficient
• The darker the skin, the lower the level of vitamin D – even in tropical Malaysia
• How many minutes of sun do I need – age, skin color, UV index
• Vitamin D from the sun while minimizing skin cancer - Interview by Dr. Mercolla of Dr. Cannell
• Fewer heart attacks, hip fractures and deaths if more skin cancer
• Raised veins on my left hand are no longer raised
• Elite NZ Outdoor athletes fear skin cancer 10X more than fear low vitamin D
• Little variation in vitamin D levels with skin color in Brazil
• Skin color may not be entirely related to amount of sunshine
• Many other anti-cancer photoproducts generated on the skin in addition to vitamin D
• 70 percent of some skin problems resolved with 7100 IU vitamin D (50000 weekly)
• Vitamin D levels lower during darker skin pregnancy, but bone density is OK
• Sun vacations raise vitamin D levels, but too much sun per day caused DNA skin damage
• Merkel cell carcinoma (a rare skin cancer) recurrence 3X more likely if low vitamin D
• Darned ancestors: Light skin is more expensive than dark skin
• Some vitamin D remains in the skin to protect skin from the sun
• 5X more likely to have facial skin aging if vitamin D insufficient
• Nonmelanoma skin cancer IS associated with increased risk of other cancers
• Eczema not reduced in small study which used narrowband UVB to raise vitamin D levels
• Decreased risk of non-melanoma skin cancer by working outdoors in Europe
• Skin cancer increases other cancers (low-vitamin D)
• The Protective Role of Vitamin D Signaling in Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
• UV Radiation and the Skin
• Skin cancer risk and vitamin D from sun both decrease with darker skin
• Sunlight Vitamin D and Skin Cancer
• Hypothesis - 40 ng is enough vitamin D if high latitude or dark skin
• Teens increasingly indoors - especially if dark skin
• Dermatologists view of UV radiation and the Skin
• Hypothesis: vitamin D suppresses skin cancer
• Factors (including skin temperature) Influencing Vitamin D Status – 2011
• Melanoma reduces by half the amount of vitamin D activated by the skin
• Genes and different vitamin D related substances in the skin
• Expert Review by Dermatologists: get more vitamin D but avoid the sun
• Low Vitamin D with dark skin, even if live closer to equator and higher altitude
• Book: Sunlight, Vitamin D and Skin Cancer, Second Edition
• Schizophrenia high and increasing in Canada – lower vitamin D and more dark skin
• Most German skin cancer doctors recommend both sunscreen and vitamin D
• Magnesium supplementation through the skin – trial 2010
• Indoor tanning not apparently associated with skin cancer
• Vitamin D protects mouse from skin cancer
• Studies linked low vitamin D and dark skin to Obesity, Diabetes, and heart
• Very low vitamin D for first pregnancies and those with dark skin
• Sunlight alone does not cause skin cancer
• Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer associated with more than 15 ng of vitamin D in HMO Cohort
• Another activator of vitamin D is the skin
• Intense UV damages cadaver skin
• Possible association between Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer and vitamin D
• Dark skin people in Norway 2X more deficient and have 3X more headaches if low on vitamin D
• Hypothesis – Increasing Folate or vitamin D decreases probability of skin cancer
• Calcium with vitamin D decreased risk of subsequent skin cancer by 2X
• CVD deaths related to low vitamin D, especially in people with dark skin – 2010
• Diabetics with darker skin were more vitamin D deficient
• Human skin pigmentation, migration and disease susceptibility
• Circadian rhythm affects skin cancer risk in mice
• People who were outdoors more got more skin cancer
• A vitamin D analog reduced UV generated skin cancer in mice
• Might use Vitamin D for cystic fibrosis and topically on skin
• Skin pigmentation predicted bone mineral content in Hawaii
• Skin tone changes with season – high BMI different
• Actress avoided the sun to protect skin is now vitamin D deficient
• Vitamin D serum prediction based on IU skin color and BMI
• Diabetes Statistics including more diabetes with darker skin – 2007
• Women with lighter skin had on average 4 ng less vitamin D in their blood – 2009