The Endocrine Society’s new scientific statement published online today represents the first comprehensive evaluation of both the basic and clinical evidence related to the non-skeletal effects of vitamin D. The statement addresses current research regarding the associations of vitamin D with immune function, hypertension, stroke, skin conditions and maternal/fetal health. Vitamin D is a steroid [...]

Blueberries provide lots of nutrients and are available all year round. They come from a flowering bush of the Vaccinium Cyanococcus family and are related to cranberries, strawberries, acai and blackberries. Nancy Correa-Matos, faculty member in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of North Florida, discusses myths and facts about this tiny [...]

Everyone knows that Vitamin C is good for your body and your health. And just about everybody knows that Vitamin C has superb, antioxidant properties that are excellent to combat damaged skin and keep skin looking younger, longer. But you might not know that Vitamin C may also help you to prevent sunburn caused by [...]

Screeching, painful joints brought on by rheumatoid arthritis crippled Agathe Mathieu‘s ability to use her hands after she developed the inflammatory disease at 42 years old. So when a friend lent the seamstress a book on the health benefits of a raw food diet, she immediately began a regimen of only uncooked meals with the [...]

ROCKFORD — Rock Valley Compounding Pharmacy makes custom medications to meet unique physician and patient needs. The pharmacy opened last month in a 2,000-square-foot space at 811 S. Perryville Road. It’s owned by Jon Lehan, a pharmacist who has grown up in the industry — his father, Tim, owns Lehan Drugs in DeKalb, and his [...]

Washington, D.C. – infoZine – In the United States, bread, cereal and other enriched flour products have been fortified with folic acid (the synthetic form of the vitamin folate) since 1998. Women with low levels of folate are at increased risk for conceiving a child with birth defects of the brain and spinal cord known [...]

Taking vitamin D supplements for bone health is fine but using it to prevent and treat other diseases doesn’t have clear evidence, a panel of medical experts says. The Endocrine Society, which includes American and Canadian specialists, reviewed the evidence on vitamin D beyond bone health. Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that regulates calcium [...]

The Editor, Sir: Saturday morning, Jun 18 was a poetic morning. The torrential rains had given us a mangle and so had a broiling sun. It was cold and still and as pacific as it can get in Dunrobin Park, for a many part. I was not as full of appetite though, and as we [...]