GrassrootsHealth and the Medical University of South Carolina co-authored a research paper, published on November 10, which finds that women with vitamin D levels of 40-60 ng/ml have a 46% lower preterm birth rate...
ENCINITAS, CA (June 23, 2015) – Yesterday, the Journal of the American College of Nutrition published a scientific consensus paper authored by scientists from the University of California, San Diego, Creighton University, Boston University Medical Center,...
San Diego, CA — GrassrootsHealth, an international nonprofit public health promotion organization, is announcing two free continuing medical education (CME) courses about vitamin D. The goal is to help practitioners become more confident in...
Vitamin D Project Aims to Improve Birth Outcomes in Charleston and Columbia Vitamin D testing, monitoring and supplements to be available to pregnant women at no cost Charleston, S.C. — GrassrootsHealth, an international nonprofit...
SAN DIEGO, CA (March 18, 2015) – Researchers at UC San Diego and Creighton University have challenged the intake of vitamin D recommended by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Institute of Medicine (IOM),...
Reported by GrassrootsHealth January 21, 2015 Institute of Medicine Updated RDA for Vitamin D 600 IU/day vitamin D should get 97.5% of the population to 20 ng/ml The IOM got it wrong! By Carole...
SAN DIEGO, CA (December 9, 2014) – GrassrootsHealth (GRH) released a new video today featuring some of the world’s leading vitamin D experts answering questions about ‘The Sunshine Vitamin’ and discussing the benefits of UV light....
Breast cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are twice as likely to survive the disease as women with low levels of this nutrient, report University of California, San Diego...
ENCINITAS, Calif. – A multi-year study of people taking Vitamin D supplements with 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum levels in the range of 20 to 100 ng/ml did not show an increased risk of kidney...
Diabetes Prevention with Vitamin D? In YOUR Data, YOUR Answers this week we have some amazing preliminary findings from your data. Compared to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)*: Average Serum Level...