Recent news on Vitamin D2

Are you vitamin D-ficient?  -  May 24, 2007
Chicago Tribune,That’s why people also need vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol, which is more potent than vitamin D2. Our bodies begin to make vitamin D3 when sunlight hits the

Sun and Skin  -  May 23, 2007
ScienCentral News,The researchers isolated T-cells with dendritic cells and exposed them to different forms of vitamin D, including vitamin D3 from sunlight and vitamin D2,

How much Vitamin D is too much? Too little?  -  Apr 27, 2007
Fort Wayne News Sentinel,As I noted in the prior column, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is more potent than vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). Check the "ingredients" section of product

Dissolving pills  -  May 4, 2007
Fort Wayne News Sentinel,Some vitamin D-fortified food products and multivitamins provide vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). Most people may need higher amounts than previously thought

Genzyme Reports Significant Revenue and Earnings Growth in First ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
WebWire (press release),This line of Vitamin D2 products for secondary hyperparathyroidism grew significantly in the first quarter compared to the same period last year.

High doses of vitamin D are sometimes needed  -  26 Apr 2007
SunHerald.com,As I noted in the prior column, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is more potent than vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). Check the "ingredients" section of product

Genzyme Reports Significant Revenue and Earnings Growth in First ...  -  26 Apr 2007
WebWire (press release),This line of Vitamin D2 products for secondary hyperparathyroidism grew significantly in the first quarter compared to the same period last year.

Many Americans Fall Short on Vitamin D  -  Apr 24, 2007
ABC News...and cereal are fortified with vitamin D, but Johnson says consumers should check the labels, because those products are often fortified with vitamin D2.

Choosing the best form of vitamin D  -  Apr 6, 2007
Fort Wayne News Sentinel,Ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) is present in plant sources. It's our primary dietary source of vitamin D and is the form used in vitamin D-fortified milk and

What you need to know about 'other' milk  -  Mar 28, 2007
Globe and Mail,Milk alternatives are fortified with vitamin D2, a synthetic form that has been shown to be less effective in raising and maintaining blood vitamin D levels

Drug Helps Prevent Hip Fractures In Parkinson Disease  -  Mar 22, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Half of the group received the drug risedronate and vitamin D2. The remaining men received placebo and vitamin D2. The study found the men taking

Bisphosphonate Decreases Hip Fractures in Parkinson's Disease  -  Mar 19, 2007
MedPage Today,Men with Parkinson's given risedronate (Actonel) plus vitamin D2 were one-third as likely to suffer hip fracture as those given placebo and vitamin D2,

Drug Shields Parkinson's Patients Against Fracture  -  Mar 20, 2007
HealthCentral.com,Our findings show risedronate, along with vitamin D2, effectively controls the progression of osteoporosis, and reduces the risk of hip fractures," study

Drug slows Parkinson's-related bone loss  -  Mar 19, 2007
United Press InternationalThe two-year study enrolled 242 elderly men with Parkinson's disease in Tokyo, with patients given either risedronate and vitamin D2, or placebo with

Drug Prevents Hip Fractures in Parkinson's Patients  -  Mar 20, 2007
Lex 18,..."Treatment with risedronate and vitamin D2 increases bone mineral density in elderly men with Parkinson's disease and reduces the risk of hip fractures,"

Trial finds risedronate is useful in protecting Parkinson's ...  -  Mar 19, 2007
HealthandAge.comIn a new study, researchers in Japan gave either risedronate and vitamin D2 or placebo and vitamin D2 to a group of 242 elderly men with Parkinson's disease

More evidence that vitamin D may cut falls amongst the elderly  -  Feb 23, 2007
NutraIngredients-usa.com,...randomly assigned them to receive one of five interventions – placebo, 200, 400, 600, or 800 International Units (IU) of vitamin D2 – for five months.

Vitamin D protects the skin?  -  Jan 29, 2007
Scientist,Vitamin D2, the primary nutritional form of the prohormone, was much less effective in inducing CCR10 expression in T cells than vitamin D3, the sun-induced

Benefits of Supplements: Sorting Fact from Fiction  -  Jan 7, 2007
ABC NewsIf the label says vitamin D2, then it's not the good kind of vitamin D. There's research coming out really month by month showing vitamin D prevents many

The Sunshine Vitamin:  -  Jan 5, 2007
The Statesman,Fortified vegan products contain Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). Vegetarians have an advantage over vegans as the former do not avoid milk/dairy products which

Vitamin D Linked to Reduced Risk of Multiple Sclerosis  -  Dec 20, 2006
FOX NewsSince the 1930s, milk has been fortified with vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 to minimize the risk of vitamin D deficiency. Prior to the introduction of fortified

Vitamin D may reduce multiple sclerosis risk  -  Dec 20, 2006
Food Consumer,...eating vitamin D rich fish and taking supplements including food fortified with vitamin D. Vitamin D supplements often use synthetic vitamin D2,

Before the slip and the fall  -  Jan 2, 2007
Boston Globe,Vitamin D3 is different from Vitamin D2, which is found in most multivitamin supplements. It needs to be bought separately. Bischoff-Ferrari, in a telephone

Genzyme Reports Strong Fourth-Quarter Revenue Growth to Conclude ...  -  Jan 10, 2007
Oxfordshire Bioscience Network (press release),...a line of Vitamin D2 products for secondary hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients and those with earlier stages of chronic kidney disease.

Vitamin D Linked to Reduced Risk of Multiple Sclerosis  -  Dec 20, 2006
FOX NewsSince the 1930s, milk has been fortified with vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 to minimize the risk of vitamin D deficiency. Prior to the introduction of fortified

Vitamin D may reduce multiple sclerosis risk  -  Dec 20, 2006
Food Consumer,...eating vitamin D rich fish and taking supplements including food fortified with vitamin D. Vitamin D supplements often use synthetic vitamin D2,

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