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Vitamin D and Breast Cancer.

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Dr. Gary Pack

“Low levels of vitamin D are the norm rather than the exception in South East Asia.” Estimates of vitamin D deficiency among Pakistani people are from 70 to 97%. In the United States, 50-74% of newly diagnosed premenopausal breast cancer patients are vitamin D deficient. When vitamin D levels are low, angiogenesis (the growth of […]

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Conditions: Angiogenesis, Apoptosis, Breast cancer, Menopause, Premenopausal, Proliferaion, Vitamin D deficiency

Supplements: Vitamin D

Miscellaneous: 25-dihydroxyvitamin D, Asia, BMD (bone mineral density), Body mass index (BMI), Pakistan, Sun exposure

Vitamin D and Bone Status in Factory Workers.

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Dr. Gary Pack

Vitamin D (VD) is necessary for normal use of calcium by the body, including mineralization of bone. The blood test for VD in the body is serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (S-25OHD.) Adequate intakes of calcium and of VD are necessary to maintain normal parathyroid activity, as tested by serum intact parathyroid hormone (S-iPTH) levels. The daily […]

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Conditions: Elderly, Fractures, Osteomalacia, Osteoporosis, Premenopausal, Secondary hyperparathyroidism

Supplements: Calcium, Copper, Iron, Phosphorus, Selenium, Vitamin D, Zinc

Miscellaneous: 25-dihydroxyvitamin D, BMD (bone mineral density), Parathyroid gland, Parathyroid hormone (parathormone), UV (ultraviolet) light

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