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In college, Ng focused on laboratory-based research in biochemistry. [4] [5] She shifted her focus to medicine where her research has shown increased survival in colorectal cancer patients following the consumption of vitamin D, [6] [7] research that has been widely covered by the media. [8]
Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL) [1] was a clinical trial designed to investigate the use of daily dietary supplements of vitamin D and fish oil.. The sponsor of the study was Brigham and Women's Hospital, collaborating with The National Cancer Institute, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ...
Giovannucci is known for his research into the health benefits of obtaining vitamin D through sunlight exposure. [4] [5] He has said that for every death caused by skin cancer resulting from sun exposure, 30 deaths might be prevented due to increased vitamin D intake, [4] and that "It does seem that Vitamin D levels seem to be a real predictor of heart disease."
The study, which was published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia Diagnosis, Assessment, & Disease Monitoring in 2023, analyzed the impact of vitamin D on the development of dementia in ...
Michael F. Holick (/ ˈ h ɒ l ɪ k / HOLL-ik; [1] born 1946) is an American adult endocrinologist, specializing in vitamin D, such as the identification of both calcidiol, the major circulating form of vitamin D, and calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D. His work has been the basis for diagnostic tests and therapies for vitamin D-related ...
The American Cancer Society have stated that "there is some evidence from human and lab studies that consuming traditional soy foods such as tofu may lower the risk of breast and prostate cancer, but overall the evidence is too limited to draw firm conclusions".
1α-Hydroxyvitamin D 5 is a chemical derivative of vitamin D 5.The motive to study 1α-hydroxyvitamin D 5 as a potential pharmaceutical drug stemmed from the tendency of calcitriol, a natural metabolite produced in the kidney, to cause toxic hypercalcemia in patients when dosed at concentrations needed to interrupt prostate cancer cells' cycle and stimulate apoptosis.
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