Pages tagged with "Women"

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

• Overview Women and Vitamin D
• Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Vitamin D - many studies
• Menopause delayed and symptoms decreased by Vitamin D - many studies
• Vitamin D and urinary incontinence - many studies
• Moms.gov (announced on Mothers day) fails to mention Vitamin D
• Yeast Infection (Candida etc.) and Vitamin D - many studies
• Bladder infection and Vitamin D - many studies
• Fertility problem (PCOS) reduced by vitamin D, etc. - many studies
• IVF 4X more successful for white women with lots of vitamin D – many studies
• Endometriosis treated, and perhaps prevented, by vitamin D - many studies
• Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
• Poor menstrual cycles 2X more likely if poor vitamin D levels - many studies
• Pain and swelling - typically after some distal fracture in senior women - several studies
• Urinary Tract Infection and Vitamin D – several studies
• Obese are 3.4 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient – meta-analysis
• Need at least 6,000 IU of Vitamin D daily during pregnancy and breastfeeding (Wagner) – meta-analysis
• Postmenopausal sexual arousal improved 44% by topical vitamin D (not oral) – meta-analysis
• Women have conception problems when vitamin D levels are less than 24 ng – meta-analysis
• Menstrual pain reduced by Vitamin D (50,000 weekly or 300,000 monthly) – meta-analyses
• Cancer of breast is highest in dark-skinned women (low Vitamin D: dark skin and obese)
• Bone loss reduced in women by vitamin D supplementation - Meta-analysis
• Death of women from cancer 24% less likely if 20 ng more vitamin D – meta-analysis
• 4 cups of coffee increases risk of fracture - meta-analysis 2014
• Vitamin D, by itself, does not decrease BMI – meta-analysis
• Obesity 1.5 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis
• Breast cancer in blacks – 5X increased risk of triple negative if low vitamin D
• Breast Cancer again associated with low vitamin D – 15th meta-analysis
• Omega-3 improves pregnancies – Meta-analysis
• Urinary Tract Infection in children 4.8 X more likely if low Vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Very low Vitamin D in Indian pregnancies– 1 in 3 women not even have 20 ng – meta-analysis
• Endometriosis: 2.7 X more likely if with low vitamin D (trend of 9 studies)– meta-analysis
• PMS reduced by Vitamin D intervention - meta-analysis
• Disc Degeneration in women is 1.7X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis
• Breast cancer worse for black women
• Breast Cancer post menopause down 12 percent for every 5 ng of vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Endometriosis treated by Vitamin D (50,000 IU bi-weekly) – RCT
• Dysmenorrhea substantially reduced by Ginger, just 1,000 IU Vitamin D also helped – RCT
• Chinese women in tropics needed 50,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly to keep above 30 ng – RCT
• Immune systems of overweight black women improved by monthly 60,000 IU Vitamin D – RCT
• Muscles improved in women with 50,000 IU vitamin D weekly (8 weeks) plus daily Magnesium – RCT
• PMS reduced by 50,000 IU every two weeks - RCT
• Estradiol, vitamin D, Omega-3 – RCT
• Muscle pain in obese women reduced by aerobic exercise plus 50,000 IU Vitamin D - RCT
• Obese lost more weight on diet if added 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly – many RCTs
• Benefits of Omega-3 plus Vitamin D were additive – RCT
• Uterine Fibroids cut in half in group taking 1,000 IU of Vitamin D - RCT
• More Magnesium needed by obese (Mg Sulfate, women in this case) – RCT
• Pregnant women in HIV therapy adding Vitamin D had 3X fewer deaths - RCT
• Menstrual Pain (PMS) reduced by vitamin D – RCT 2012, 2014, 2016
• PMS again significantly reduced by 50,000 IU of vitamin D (This time, every two weeks) – RCT
• Urgency Urinary Incontinence in senior black women decreased 40 percent by weekly 50,000 IU vitamin D – RCT
• Risk of Metabolic syndrome for senior women reduced 42 percent by 1,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Bacterial vaginosis reduced 10 times by 2,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Iron increased slightly by small amount of Vitamin D for a short time – RCT
• 4000 IU Vitamin D Safe and Effective For Healthy Pregnant Women – RCT
• PMS reduced by half in girls who had low levels of vitamin D – RCT
• Physical performance of black senior women not improved with 30 ng of Vitamin D – RCT
• Nordic Walking and 4,000 IU of vitamin D lowered cholesterol, fat, weight, and lipids (senior women) – RCT
• Magnesium (300 mg daily) improved physical performance of senior women – RCT
• More than 5X increase in activation of scores of genes for women with Vitamin D (20,000 IU weekly) RCT
• Estrogen contraception pill doubled the response to 1,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Cervical lesions (precancerous, identified by pap smear) treated by bi-weekly 50,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Pregnant women were 2.6 times more likely to stop smoking when given financial rewards – RCT
• Leg cramps in pregnant women not changed by 1,000 IU of vitamin D for 6 weeks (no surprise) – RCT
• Improved muscle function in postmenopausal women with just 1,000 IU of vitamin D daily – RCT
• Cancer risk in older women reduced 32 percent by 2,000 IU of Vitamin D plus Calcium – 4 year RCT
• Overweight women on caloric restriction diet got 3X benefits from 8 weeks of Omega-3 – RCT
• Post menopausal vaginal dryness treated with vitamin D vaginal suppositories – RCT
• 400 IU Vitamin D did not affect menopause (400 IU affects virtually nothing) - RCT
• Calcium and 4,000 IU Vitamin D in Postmenopausal Women – RCT
• Women taking 4,000 IU reduced pregnancy risks in half RCT
• Vaginosis not reduced by average of 2800 IU vitamin D daily – RCT
• 2400 IU raised both black and white women to 40 ng of vitamin D – RCT 2013
• Medicaid pays for 70 percent of US pregnancies for women under age 25
• Women around the world want whiter skin
• Female mortality predicted better by vitamin D than by C-Reactive Protein
• Heart Disease 40 percent more likely in women having poor Vitamin D Binding Protein
• All pregnant women (in UK) should have free vitamin D – Gillie
• 2X increase in metastatic breast cancer in young women since 1976
• Veiled Somali pregnant women in Sweden had low vitamin D and were weak
• 7100 IU (50000 weekly) got most women to 30 ng of vitamin D
• 61% of US women have urinary incontinence — Vitamin D may help
• Vitamin D improves the vaginas of postmenopausal women in many ways
• Depression 13X more likely with PCOS if low vitamin D
• Liposomal Vitamin D improves Bone Density and, for the first time, Estrogen (mice)
• Heart attack deaths increased 62% in young women in just 11 years - Feb 2026
• Infertility Clinics in Japan: 89% of women had low Vitamin D
• Top 10 chronic health problems of children, women, pregnancies, seniors, and darker skins are fought by Vitamin D
• POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia) and Liposomal Glutathione
• Breast Cancer prevention with vitamin D might reduce number of mammograms by 4X
• The menstrual cycle is regulated by vitamin D
• Pregnant women are vitamin D deficient - Map 2013
• Prediabetes 7X more likely for Japanese women if low vitamin D
• Fertility and sperm
• ALL of the top 10 health problems of women are associated with low vitamin D
• Candida albicans (a fungus) is fought by Vitamin D in many ways
• Uterine Fibroids 3.1 X more likely in black women
• Women have longer lifespans but shorter healthspans than men
• Microplastics suspected to cause Digestive, Reproductive, and Respiratory problems (mice and women)
• Low Vitamin D during pregnancy identified with just 5 questions (for less than 12 ng)
• More Vitamin D to cells should prevent Uterine Fibroids – multiple studies
• Postmenopausal women need Vitamin D, protein and exercise to prevent loss of muscle and bone
• Vitamin D - the only nutrient that increased skin firmness in women (reduce sagging skin)
• Risk of hot flashes decreased by vitamin D, vegan diet, etc.
• Dark-skinned people have low vitamin D (Obese pregnant women in UK in this case)
• Women were 50X more likely to be fertile if just 1 ng higher level of vitamin D
• Obese women had larger response to oral v.s. injected Vitamin D
• Risk of Fibrocystic Breast disease is increased if low Vitamin D
• Fibrocystic breasts associated with Vitamin D deficiency (2X)
• Predicted Vitamin D levels for health young women had 95% accuracy using neural network (paywall)
• 3X more pregnancies when Vitamin D levels are high (assisted reproduction, women only)
• Increased vitamin D might decrease air pollution health problems (Pregnant women in India in this case)
• Embryo implantation for mice helped by Vitamin D, should help women
• Liposuction for Lipedema (10% of women) significantly reduced Vitamin D levels
• Women with Breast Cancer were 16.9 times more likely to have a poor Vitamin D Receptor
• Italian women taking Vitamin D (Osteoporosis, etc)
• Muscle strength of senior women increased 25 percent with vitamin D, decreased 6 percent with placebo
• 95 percent of pregnant women in Finland took vitamin D – PHD Dissertation
• Vitamin D Danger - Women need 70 ng for optimal Estrogen - video and transcript
• Less weight gain by senior women if vitamin D levels over 30 ng – Kaiser
• Women
• Female preemies become women with low hand grip strength
• Vitamin D response in post-menopausal women: weekly better than monthly, notice benefit in 3 months
• Senior women having low vitamin D were 2X more likely to die
• The Role of Vitamin D in Menopausal Medicine
• Total hip replacement: 14 times more likely to redo if low vitamin D
• Age of menopause increases if add vitamin D or UVB
• Menopause is earlier in black women (low vitamin D)
• Pelvic Organ Prolapse after menopause 5.6 X more likely if low Vitamin D (weak muscles)
• Postmenopausal women half as likely to have a cardiovascular death if high vitamin D (NHANES)
• Metabolic syndrome 2.4 X more likely if senior women had low vitamin D
• Infertile women have low vitamin D
• Shorter reproductive livespan in women is 1.5X more likely if low vitamin D
• Majority of pregnant women do not get 400 IU of Vitamin D daily
• Weight loss on low-calorie diet: 7 lbs more lost if got lots of Vitamin D
• Infertile women had less Vitamin D (Baghdad in this case)
• Women had better sexual desire, orgasm and satisfaction after Vitamin D supplementation
• Depression 1.9 X more likely in Japanese women 5 years after having low vitamin D
• Immune systems of males and females differ through life – focus on TB and COVID
• Many pregnant women are deficient when taking the recommended amount of Vitamin D
• Those low on vitamin D were 2.4X more likely to gain weight
• The Vitamin That Quadruples Weight Loss
• 2.3 X more weight loss in those who had low vitamin D levels and took some
• Large weight loss 32X more likely to be achieved if weight gain was due to Vitamin D Receptor
• Many people are actively trying to lose weight gained during pandemic - Vitamin D will help
• Severe COVID 1.8 X more likely in pregnant women with less than 15 ng of vitamin D
• Cardiac syndrome X (Microvascular angina, a type of chest pain in women)
• Long-COVID symptoms in 10 Percent of women 3 months after infection (22 countries)
• Depression more likely if low vitamin D (3.5 X prediabetic women in this case)
• Vitamin D for depression and PCOS: killing two birds with one stone ( should be 60 birds)
• PCOS also fought by Magnesium combinations – review
• Alzheimer's 9X more likely in women with a poor Vitamin D receptor
• Black women lacking Calcium and Vitamin D weighed more
• Statin use increased probability of diabetes in women by 48 percent – perhaps via vitamin D
• Some women who want whiter skin avoid the sun – increasing the risk of colon cancer in this case.
• Vitality recaptured with Vitamin D (stories of Swedish immigrant women in this case)
• Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D)
• Vitamin D is indispensable for the health of women - editorial
• Half of Women Over 50 Desperately Need This Potent Nutrient (Vitamin D)
• Vitamin D both prevents and treats Breast Cancer – 2019
• Breast Cancer risk factor is a virus in dairy products
• Postpartum depression 3.6 X higher risk if low vitamin D
• Vitamin D is needed before, during and after Pregnancy
• Four Magnesium Deficiency Questionnaires for women
• Estrogen supplements may cut COVID-19 deaths by half (no surprise - more E, more Vitamin D)
• Deficiencies of iron and vitamin D are interrelated in women
• Pregnant women need at least 40 ng of Vitamin D (Wagner, genes)
• Postmenopausal women should supplement vitamins C D K and Calcium
• Weak bones (Osteopenia) in 93 percent of women in Pakistan attending University and wearing Islamic clothes
• Jordanian women vitamin D – 16 ng if Western clothing – 12 ng otherwise
• Need 1 hour of noon sun to get Hijab women to 20 ng of Vitamin D (cloth)
• Many gynecological diseases associated with Vitamin D less than 30 ng
• 450,000 IU of vitamin D over 9 weeks given to 100,000 teenage Iranian girls helped their livers
• Risk of early menopause reduced 17 percent by a modest amount of vitamin D
• Severe sarcopenia (loss of muscle) 6 X more likely in women with rheumatoid arthritis having low vitamin D
• Less than 3 percent of pregnant women in Shanghai had even 30 ng of vitamin D
• PMS fatigue 2.5X more likely if poor vitamin D Receptor
• PMS in teens reduced 3X by 50,000 IU vitamin D weekly
• PMS decreased when Vitamin D was added
• Lung cancer 24 percent less likely if high vitamin D (never-smoking senior women)
• Menopause 3 years later in women eating fatty fish (Omega-3)
• Low vitamin D associated with increased COVID-19 risk (in this case black women 1.7X)
• Weekly Vitamin D plus daily Magnesium is great (reduced depression in obese women in this case)
• Urinary tract infection 5.4X more likely in girls if low Vitamin D
• Iran Multiple Sclerosis review finds huge increase in women (no mention of clothing)
• Pregnant women 2X more dental problems when vitamin D less than 30ng
• Beijing women have low vitamin D - 89 percent have less than 20 ng
• Cognitive function of adult women improved in 3 months of 50,000 IU weekly Vitamin D
• Senior women need slightly more Vitamin D than senior men (24 ng vs 21 ng)
• Senior Korean women have much less vitamin D than men (possible reasons)
• Majority of postmenopausal women have less than 30 ng of Vitamin D - Review
• Metabolic Syndrome 3.5 X more likely if both Vitamin D and Estrogen are low (senior women)
• Coronary Artery Disease 2.9 X more likely in postmenopausal women if Vitamin D deficient
• Women have more problems with COVID-19 vaccines (perhaps due to lower vitamin D)
• Every one of top 10 female health problems is associated with low Vitamin D
• Dairy improved bones of senior women – if they also had enough vitamin D
• Mongolian women have the lowest levels of vitamin D in the world
• Low vitamin D in pregnancy linked to potentially harmful vaginal bacteria in black women
• Vitamin D deficiency 4X more likely if illiterate or have bone pain – Lahore Pakistan
• Uterine fibroids (hysterectomy) 32 percent more likely if less than 20 ng vitamin D
• Uterine Fibroids (uterine leiomyoma, need hysterectomy) 1.9 more likely if a Vitamin D receptor problem
• Lumbar disc degeneration and low back pain associated with low vitamin D (senior women)
• Progesterone and ACE2 are possible reasons for fewer female COVID-19 deaths
• Treating Vitamin D deficiency in senior women – such as 50,000 IU daily for 15 days then twice a month – Review
• Breast cancer chemo made more women vitamin D insufficient, even 6 months later– 2019
• 2X increased chance of anemia (low iron) associated with low vitamin D
• Low iron in teenage girls is 2X more likely if low vitamin D – 2014
• Group is giving only 200 IU of Vitamin D to 70 million women and children to prevent Rickets
• Middle Eastern women living in Sweden 23X higher risk to be anxious if low vitamin D
• Menstrual cycle disorders 5X more likely in teens if less than 30 ng of Vitamin D
• The higher the BMI, the lower the Vitamin D, with some difference between men and women
• Fertility of men and women reduced by obesity and low vitamin D (perhaps synergistically)
• 10 percent of all women had after-birth infections – majority had low vitamin D (PhD) – 2019
• Autoimmune disorders associated with low vitamin D during pregnancy
• Hypothesis: Placentas cause more autoimmune diseases in females
• Endometriosis 24 percent less likely if high predicted vitamin D level
• Endometriosis, Endometrial Cancer, and poor Vitamin D or Receptor
• Less cognitive decline in women consuming more Magnesium (and vitamins)
• Pregnant women in Australia to take Omega-3 when told of reduction in preterm births
• Women with more than minimum vitamin D were 3.4 X more likely to achieve pregnancy and 1.6 X more likely to have live births
• Malay women 14 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient than Chinese in Malay
• Indonesian women – 95 percent do not have sufficient Vitamin D
• Black women and vitamin D: Nigeria 26 ng, Chicago 12 ng
• Native women in East Africa have a good level of vitamin D (40 ng)
• Women wearing hijab in tropics need at least 1 hour noon sun daily in summer
• Young women are healthier than those 15 years older (Somali in Sweden in this case)
• Fertility in both women and men improves with more vitamin D (but less than 50 ng for men)
• Vaginal suppository of 6300 IU vitamin D stopped vaginal infection
• Muscles of senior women not helped by just vitamin D (also need exercise)
• Women with diabetes 60 percent more likely to get Cancer (perhaps low vitamin D)
• Pregnant women with low vitamin D (e.g. asthmatics) were more likely to have infants with vitamin D problems (asthmatics)
• Multiple Sclerosis – 3X higher incidence in women, previously 1X, wonder why
• Metabolic syndrome 1.9 X more likely if senior women had less than 30 ng of Vitamin D
• Blood in urine of postmenopausal women 1.6X more likely if low vitamin D
• Vitamin D Deficiency varies widely with season in young women, but not in old
• Infertile women 10 percent more likely to die (perhaps due disease associated with low vitamin D
• American College of Nurse‐Midwives continues to state that 600 IU Vitamin D is enough
• Vaginal Vitamin D reduced vaginal infections
• Recurrent urinary tract infection 4X more likely if low vitamin D
• Women who had supplemented with any vitamins were 6 X less likely to have autistic offspring
• Sleep fragmentation 2X worse in UK senior women having dark skins
• Metabolic Syndrome associated with low vitamin D in abdominal obese women
• Women worried about breast cancer seem to be taking vitamin D
• Women are 30 percent less likely to die if have good level of Omega-3
• Hormonal contraceptives associated with higher vitamin D levels - 2013, 2018
• 2X less urinary incontinence in senior women when vitamin D greater than 30 ng
• Irregular menstrual cycles associated with low vitamin D
• Cancer deaths of senior women 60 percent more likely if low Vitamin D
• Pregnant women will get Vitamin D – going beyond clinical trials
• Stress fractures in 1 in 5 women during Army basic training
• PMS: 1.5X more likely to have cramps, feel fatigued and anxious if low vitamin D
• Autoimmune diseases occur more often in women than men
• Worse Than PMS, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, may also be related to low vitamin D
• Elderly Korean women 2.7 times more likely to feel stressed if low vitamin D
• Risk of death after bone fracture was 6.6 X higher if less than 10 ng of vitamin D
• All older women need vitamin D supplementation to get to even 20 ng (results of modeling)
• Vitamin D needed by pregnant women and neonates (in developing countries now too - 2 tables)
• Osteopenia in 40 percent of Indian women
• Omega-3 – fewer than 5 percent of adult women get the RDA
• Depressed black pregnant women should take vitamin D
• Pregnant Arab women 25 X more likely to have low vitamin D if indoors a lot
• Pelvic floor disorder strongly associated with lower vitamin D
• Top 5 health concerns of women in UAE (all have been treated by Vitamin D)
• Obese women deficient in both Vitamin D and Vitamin B12
• Overweight senior women with low vitamin D were 12X more likely to be weak
• Vitamin D levels increasing in US elderly, whites, and women – CDC
• Poor fertility in both women and men associated with low vitamin D – review
• Omega-3 etc improved both cognition and mobility of older women
• Vitamin D In Older Women - Fractures, Frailty and Mortality – Buchebner thesis 2017
• An Exploratory Study of Postpartum Depression and Vitamin D
• Oral Contraceptives (which increase Vitamin D) reduce the risk of some cancers
• Early puberty in girls 60 percent more likely if less than 32 ng of vitamin D
• Multiple Sclerosis risk reduced 40% in 92,000 women taking more than 400 IU of vitamin D – 2004
• Senior women more physically able if vitamin D higher than 30 ng
• Gestational Diabetes increasing, especially in dark skinned women (low vitamin D) - 2007
• CDC vitamin D statistics for women: including blacks and high BMI
• Spinal fracture in lifetime – 4 out of 10 women (vitamin D helps) – 2015 2017
• All pregnant women in Scotland to get free vitamin D
• Off topic: Women can learn a smell 100,000 X better then men
• Pregnant Women might find Global Warming Dangerous (lower vitamin D)
• Healthy Pregnancies and infants for women having 40 – 80 ng of vitamin D
• Elderly women with vitamin D under 20 ng had more medical comorbidities
• Asthmatic pregnant women had 30 percent more preterm births if air pollution (vitamin D not mentioned)
• Need 460 IU of vitamin D to get half of young Japanese women to even 20 ng level
• 33 percent of pregnant women in Turkey had undetectable vitamin D levels
• Stroke 74% less likely if high vitamin D (7,295 women 20-50 years old)
• Iron in blood decreases with vitamin D in males, increases with premenopausal females (Korea)
• Women with PCOS 4 X more likely to develop T2 Diabetes (no surprise, both associated with low vitamin D)
• Vitamin D supplementation of all pregnant women (in UK) would be cost effective – just considering preeclampsia
• Women with low vitamin D 4X more likely to have preeclampsia in pregnancy
• Breast Cancer 7.8 times more likely if Vitamin D less than 20 ng (100 women)
• Menstruation 10 months earlier if low on vitamin D
• Perimenopause symptoms (climacteric syndrome) substantially reduced by 4 weeks of Magnesium
• Vitamin D – 50,000 IU monthly is enough if near the equator and have normal weight
• Stroke rate increased 85 percent in young women in large cities in the Western US in a decade
• Few Fractures if high Magnesium intake – 2X fewer for men, 2.6X for women
• Only a select group of women will get a modest benefit from 800 IU of vitamin D
• Pregnant women got vitamin D from govt – NONE achieved Vitamin D sufficiency
• Women resist infections better, but have more autoimmune diseases – Vitamin D
• Vitamin D helps women in many ways – but not sure about ovarian and endometrial cancer
• Neural tube defects – ALL of the women had low vitamin D
• Zika US outbreak: 20,000 infected including 1,500 pregnant women
• 67 pregnant women in Florida now have Zika – story of a birth
• Zika infection lasts 5 times longer when some monkeys are pregnant – what about pregnant women
• Many groups of pregnant women are at high risk of being vitamin D deficient
• Vitamin D - roles in women's reproductive health
• Women very low on vitamin D were 56 percent more likely to die in nursing home
• Of US pregnant women who were tested for Zika, 279 were positive – how many are actually infected
• Zika pregnant women from Latin American giving birth in US – costing the US perhaps a million dollars each
• Zika is a potential risk this season to 2 million pregnant women (US)
• Coronary Heart Disease 3 times more likely if endometriosis before age 40 (vitamin D not mentioned)
• New drugs are rarely tested on pregnant women, but vitamin D has been tested
• Caesarean emergency risk 2 X higher for Indian women with low Vitamin D
• Vitamin D and menopause -A narrative review
• Breast Cancer: 26 percent less risk if menopausal hormone therapy plus vitamin D
• Low vitamin D associated with cognition in women who were 5 years older
• Anemia perhaps results in low vitamin D for premenosausal women
• Vitamin D deficiency again associated with higher cost of health care
• 70 pcnt of Saudi women were extremely vitamin D deficient, but only 40 pcnt of men
• Allergic rhinitis associated with less vitamin D in men yet more in women
• Menopause group advises too little vitamin D supplementation etc.
• Spectacular improvement in vitamin D status in elderly osteoporotic women
• Vitamin D supplementation by half of senior women in Canada in 2009
• COPD – almost all women in Bulgaria hospitalized with COPD had low vitamin D
• Most Pregnant Women in Mediterranean Are Vitamin D Deficient
• Vitamin D helps women in many ways – review
• Diabetes in Saudi women improved with just 2,000 IU of vitamin D
• Not enough women willing to stop taking vitamin D to permit breast cancer clinical trial
• Vitamin D in Japanese women: 91 percent have less than 30 ng– 2012
• Japanese women 20X more likely to be vitamin D deficient than men, etc. – Many 2013
• NONE of the pregnant Beijing women had adequate levels of vitamin D
• High triglyceride and cholesterol associated with low vitamin D in postmenopausal women
• Perhaps women have lower levels of Vitamin D because vitamin D hides in fat
• Hair loss in women associated with low levels of both iron and vitamin D2
• Being on “the pill” increases low vitamin D levels by about 20 percent
• Half of the women who are fat do not have a high BMI
• 100,000 IU of vitamin D monthly was not enough for 30 percent of the women
• Outdoor exercise better than indoor for postmenopausal women (no mention of vitamin D)
• Excess body hair in women (hirsutism): not much evidence that vitamin D helps
• Women taking Vitamin D had fewest deaths after post-menopause breast cancer
• Free vitamin D for pregnant women in Salford England
• Poor oral health for young women with low Ca and low vitamin D
• Low vitamin D associated with chronic widespread pain for women
• Suncation adds 12 ng of vitamin D to Sweden women
• Ovarian Cancer: Interplay of Vitamin D Signaling and miRNA Action. – 2014
• Calcium and vitamin D appear to be among the few ways to prevent ovarian cancer – 2010
• Ovarian Cancer is somewhat associated with a reduction in 20 ng of vitamin D
• Dark skinned pregnant women far from equator were very vitamin D deficient
• 83 year-old women in Europe have 11 ng of vitamin D
• Similar response to Vitamin D supplements by senior white and black women
• Vitamin D levels dropped after training for white, but not black females
• Lung capacity (Vo2max) reduced in senior African American women with low vitamin D
• Breast Cancer associated with low vitamin D in low latitudes only in white women
• 45 year-old British women working long hours had 8 percent lower vitamin D
• Women with asthma 35X more likely to be vitamin D deficient
• Multiple Sclerosis: high incidence in black women than whites (perhaps vitamin D)
• Most immigrant women in Sweden had little vitamin D and lots of muscle pain
• A UK doctor doubts that more than 400 IU is needed during pregnancy of white women
• Pregnancy and low vitamin D in Qataris and women around the world
• Pregnant women should have 4,000 IU of vitamin D – Topic review
• Huge variation in taking vitamin D supplements with age of female, less than 1000 IU not help much
• Review of Micronutrients such as vitamin D for women and childhood
• 80 percent of South Asian Women in UK had less than 10 ng of vitamin D in winter
• Tooth decay and bleeding gums associated with low vitamin D in postmenopausal women
• Middle East women have low vitamin D levels, almost independent of dress style
• Premature delivery associated with low vitamin D in Japanese women
• The women who most need vitamin D are the least to get it – thesis
• Why do Saudi postmenopausal women have higher level of vitamin D
• Female Athlete health problems may be due to lack of vitamin D and Iron
• Low vitamin D intake associated with depressive symptoms in senior women
• 98 percent of black women had less than 20 ng of vitamin D
• 2000 IU of vitamin D helped Type 2 diabetic women, but was not enough
• Overweight women lost fat in 12 weeks with just 1000 IU vitamin D daily
• Off topic: CVD: the primary cause of death in senior women, is increasing
• Off topic - the cost of being female
• Vitamin D deficiency in HIV-infected and un-infected women in the US
• During basic training white females decreased vitamin D but non-whites increased
• Low vitamin D in elderly women associated with being heavier and less active
• Vitamin D levels for women
• 27 percent of Canadian women had less than 30 ng of vitamin D
• Osteoporosis and vitamin D are important in men too – 10 years after women
• Vitamin D levels increased when senior women lost weight
• Women with hip fractures very low on vitamins D3 and K
• Many pregnant women have low levels of nutrients
• 70% of pregnant women had complications due to lack of vitamin D
• Many obesity measures far worse for senior women with low vitamin D
• Obese men were 40 percent more likely to be vitamin D deficient than women
• Women with breast cancer safely take 10,000 IU daily
• Vitamin D may help prevent macular degeneration in women younger than 75
• Incredible – Obstetrics group says pregnant women not need vitamin D tests
• Low Vitamin D in Malay women –less time in sun –sun screen -obesity
• Postmenopausal women with higher vitamin D exercised more
• Very low vitamin D associated with RA in women
• Women can lose weight with vitamin D
• Middle-aged women gained weight if they did not drink fortified milk
• Pregnant women vitamin D insuficiency Black 97 Hispanic 81 White 67 percent
• 400 IU vitamin D is barely enough for pregnant white women - more would be better
• Progesterone decreased by 10 percent for every 4 ng increase in Vitamin D
• Elderly black women had low vitamin D which did not increase in the summer
• Pregnant women at increased influenza risk – letter to editor
• Breast cancer reduced by 45 percent for women with the most vitamin D
• Will doses of vitamin D up to 6000 IU reduce osteoporosis in black women
• Men depressed in summer while women depressed in autumn
• Diurnal variation in blood levels noted for post-menopausal women – 2002
• Women with lighter skin had on average 4 ng less vitamin D in their blood – 2009
• Rheumatoid Arthritis increased by 48% in women, lack of vitamin D is one of the suspects
• Senior women with less than 20 ng vitamin D were 2X more likely to become depressed