Vitamin D deficiency impacts more than 1 billion people worldwide. Vitamin D deficiency can negatively affect a child’s growth, immune response, mental health, and more, which is why proper treatment ...

Vitamin D toxicity can happen if you take too many vitamin D supplements. Even high levels that do not cause toxicity can be harmful. Share on Pinterest Sophia Hsin/Stocksy United Vitamin D toxicity ...

This feature mentions pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or both. Please read at your own discretion. Dilation and curettage, or D&C, is a procedure that doctors use to remove tissues from the uterus. It has ...

Planning to eat right for healthier bones? Calcium is probably the nutrient you think of first. But vitamin D is just as important for keeping bones strong and preventing osteoporosis, a disease that ...

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For adults, a level of vitamin D in the blood of 20 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) or above is generally considered adequate. Levels below 20 ng/mL are generally too low for adequate bone health and ...

For a while vitamin D was looking like a bona fide health elixir. It was recognized a century ago as the cure for rickets, a childhood disease that causes weak and deformed bones. Then, in the early ...