Here’s what to know about vitamin D benefits and risks, particularly when it comes to ending fatigue. You might have heard that vitamin D can be crucial for bone health, and that taking supplements ...

Experts haven’t agreed on a number that defines a low vitamin D level. For most healthy people, the Office of Dietary Supplements states that a vitamin D serum (blood) level below 20 nanograms per ...

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Dear Dr. Roach: I had lab work done recently and received a panic call from the doctor’s office that my vitamin D level was 29 ng/mL. I needed to start 50,000 IU once a week for 12 weeks immediately.

A new study reinforces the importance of vitamin D to health, especially as the onset of winter diminishes sunlight, the most effective way humans absorb the vitamin. The study, published in the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had lab work done recently and received a panic call from the doctor’s office that my vitamin D level was 29 ng/mL. I needed to start 50,000 IU once a week for 12 weeks immediately.

The National Institutes of Health reports that one in four Americans is deficient in Vitamin D. This essential nutrient is especially important as we head into the cooler weather in fall and winter.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A glass of orange juice may not only help the vitamin pill go down. A new study suggests that fortified varieties can also help the body's vitamin D levels go up - just as ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adolescents can safely take, and may need, vitamin D doses that are up to 10 times what is generally recommended, a small study suggests. In a trial that followed 340, 10- ...

You might have heard that vitamin D can be crucial for bone health, and that taking supplements may be in order if you're not getting enough naturally from sunlight or from D-rich foods like eggs, ...