Systematic Reviews on Vitamin D

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of evidence of the effectiveness of Vitamin D in the diet.

Reviewed April 2012

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Title:   Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Vitamin D is produced by the human body from exposure to sunlight and can also be consumed from foods such as fish-liver oils, fatty fish, mushrooms, egg yolks, and liver. Vitamin D has many functions in the body; it helps maintain bone integrity and ca...
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   The use of regular vitamin D preparations for children and adults with cystic fibrosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Cystic fibrosis with pancreatic insufficiency can cause vitamins, such as vitamin D, to be inadequately absorbed leading to vitamin deficiencies. Lack of vitamin D (vitamin D deficiency) can cause specific problems such as bone deformity and bone fractu...
Date:   Feb 2012
Title:   Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Numerous observational studies and randomised trials have observed that optimal vitamin D status has a positive effect on our health and may reduce cancers and cardiovascular diseases. However, a number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on vitamin...
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Vitamin D for the management of multiple sclerosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Multiple sclerosis is an illness in which the myelin sheaths around the nerves of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, affecting the ability of nerve cells to communicate with each other. A wide range of clinical presentations and neurological symptom...
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Vitamin D for the treatment of chronic painful conditions in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Vitamin D has a variety of roles in the body. It is made in the skin through the action of sunlight and can also be obtained from food. A lack of vitamin D has been implicated in a number of diseases, including chronic painful conditions. Additionally, ...
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Vitamin D for improving bone density in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This summary of a Cochrane Review, presents what we know from research about the effect of vitamin D supplements on bone density in children. The review shows that in healthy children generally, vitamin D supplementation does not improve bone den...
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Interventions for bone disease in children with chronic kidney disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chronic kidney disease (CKD) resulting in reduced kidney function and the need for dialysis and kidney transplant is associated with abnormalities in blood calcium and phosphorus levels leading to high levels of the parathyroid hormone (PTH) and to bone...
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Skin treatments for chronic plaque psoriasis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chronic plaque psoriasis is the most common type of psoriasis. Although any part of the body may be affected, the most commonly affected sites are the elbows, knees and scalp. 'Topical' treatments (i.e. treatments applied to the skin) are usually tried ...
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Vitamin D compounds for people with chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with reduced kidney function (chronic kidney disease; CKD) develop changes in circulating blood levels of calcium and phosphorus. The kidney gradually loses the ability to remove phosphorus from the blood and cannot activate adequate amounts of v...
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Vitamin D and related vitamin D compounds for preventing fractures resulting from osteoporosis in older people.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Vitamin D is necessary for building bone. Older people often have low vitamin D levels through lack of exposure to sunlight and low dietary intake. Therefore, it has been suggested that taking additional vitamin D supplements may help to reduce the risk...
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Vitamin D compounds for people with chronic kidney disease not requiring dialysis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with lower kidney function (chronic kidney disease; CKD) develop changes in circulating blood levels of calcium and phosphorus. The kidney gradually loses the ability to remove phosphorus from the blood and cannot activate adequate amounts of vit...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Although only a few studies with different results exist, preventive measures against nutritional rickets appear reasonable in high risk groups until new data become available. Rickets is a disease which affects the bone of growing children. Calcium an...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Calcium and vitamin D for treating osteoporosis caused by the use of steroids
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Corticosteroids are widely used to treat inflammation. Bone loss (osteoporosis) is a serious side effect of this therapy. We reviewed a total of 5 trials which included 742 patients. We found that after two years of treatment, the bone mineral density o...

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