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London: Vitamin D supplementation may alleviate depressive symptoms in adults with depression, suggests a review of 41 global studies. Depressive symptoms cause a significant disease burden worldwide. The therapeutic efficacy of current antidepressants is often insufficient, which is why further ways to alleviate the symptoms of depression have been sought, for example, from nutritional research. […]
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New Delhi: Vitamin D has received a lot of attention in recent years, and most people have heard of it. Vitamin D is also known as the “sunshine vitamin”. It is produced in the skin as a result of sun exposure and can also be absorbed through food and supplements. Most people, however, are unaware […]
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New Delhi: World Cancer Day is observed annually on February 4 to highlight and spread awareness about one of the most-deadliest diseases, which unfortunately can also be genetic – Cancer.Till date, researchers are experimenting, studying, researching and developing new methods, technologies, medications and injectable solutions to cure prevent and cancer. But unfortunately, not all these […]
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Washington: According to a study, taking daily vitamin D supplements – or a combination of vitamin D and omega-3 fish oil – appears to carry a lower risk of developing autoimmune disease, with a more pronounced effect after two years. The study has been published in ‘The BMJ Journal’. The researchers said that the clinical […]
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London: After a couple of years of mask-wearing, social distancing and hand sanitising, the common cold is back. And – according to some people – back with a vengeance.Some are calling it a “super cold” – others, “the worst cold ever”. Fortunately, there may be a way to reduce the duration of a cold: vitamin […]
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Hyderabad: Dr P Muralidhar Reddy, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, developed a new rapid detection test kit for Vitamin D that would cost Rs 50 per person and gives results in just nine minutes. Adopting the ‘Rapid sensitive Advanced Mass Spectrometry Detection method’, Dr Reddy worked on the test under the supervision of […]
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As summer sets in, Hollywood film and TV stars are seen sporting bikinis and soaking in some sun
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Forced to stay indoors, people have become lethargic, put on weight, and developed various Vitamin deficiencies.
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The study, led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), was published in the journal 'Science Advances'.
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The team from McGill University in Quebec, Canada, analyzed genetic variants of 4,134 individuals with Covid-19, and 1,284,876 without Covid-19
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NIMS and Gandhi Hospital research included 87 patients from across Telangana
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There are several million people worldwide with various fat malabsorption syndromes including those who have undergone gastric bypass surgery and those with obesity.
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As summers are approaching, a refreshing and healthy chilled badam milk seems like a blessing in disguise
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Vitamin D administered in the right quantities among patients ‘has significantly reduced the inflammatory markers associated with Covid-19 without any side-effects, said a study by nine senior doctors from NIMS and Gandhi Hospital
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The study, published in the journal Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, aimed to evaluate the impact of vitamin D supplementation on response to standard treatment in pediatrics with severe atopic dermatitis.
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Foods that contain higher levels of vitamin D include fatty fish, eggs and fortified sources like cow's milk and breakfast cereals.
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A doctor may recommend a lower or higher dose for you, depending on health conditions or the level of vitamin D in your blood.
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Being fat-soluble, scientifically called lipophillic, these vitamins are stored in the fatty tissue — the adipose tissue — of our body.
