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Benefits Of Vitamin D3
Vitamin D and Octogenarians
Roger practically bounced in his chair, vibrating with energy.
"I haven't felt like this in years! I can work around the yard all day and still have energy left over. It must be the vitamin D!" Roger's wife rolled her eyes, though with a twinkle and a little smile.
At age 84, Roger started out with pretty good health, despite a prosthetic valve and bypass surgery 5 years earlier. He looked 70, perhaps younger.
But just two months earlier, Roger had appeared sapped, spent and ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Vitamin D: What’s All the Fuss?
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The Vitamin D Window
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Vitamin D: Explosive new player in heart health
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My Supplements
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Health Guide
Scleroderma: Treatment for Skin Thickening
...containing a solution of the psoralen 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP). It is safe and well tolerated, although benefits appear to be minor and occur only in a small subset of patients.Extracorporeal... Read more »Psoriasis: Topical Medications
...or in combination, with more powerful treatments for moderate-to-severe cases.Topical CorticosteroidsBenefits. Corticosteroid topical treatments are the mainstays of psoriasis treatments in the... Read more »Blemishes
...cases, keratoses may cause itching or irritation. They can be easily removed with surgery or freezing. Vitamin D3 ointment is also showing promise in clinical trials. Read more »Skin Wrinkles and Blemishes: References
...photodamage. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005; 52(2): 268-274.Mitsuhashi Y, Kawaguchi M, Hozumi Y, Kondo S. Topical vitamin D3 is effective in treating senile warts possibly by inducing apoptosis.... Read more »Vitamins: References
...MD; Sonia Arunabh Talwar, MD; Simcha Pollack, PhD; James Yeh, PhD. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Vitamin D3 Supplementation in African American Women. Arch Intern Med. 2005; 165: 1618 ... Read more »Images
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