Vitamin D

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Reviewed September 2007

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Title:   Vitamin D and vitamin D analogues for preventing fractures associated with involutional and post-menopausal osteoporosis
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. Therefore, it has been suggested that taking additional vitamin D may help to reduce the risk of hip and other fractures. It is still not clear whether vitamin D alo...
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Vitamin D
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium through the small intestine. This is important for building strong bones, muscles and teeth. Most of our vitamin D is produced when UV radiation in sunlight hits our skin. Lack of exposure to sunlight can lead to vitamin D deficiency, which can cause rickets in children and osteomalacia in older people.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Vitamin D deficiency can occur in people whose diet is relatively low in the vitamin and those who are not exposed to much sunlight.
Title:   Vitamin D: what you need to know
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to vitamin D, why children need it, how they can get it, and what to do if they're not getting enough.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Rickets
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Rickets is a preventable bone disease of early childhood, caused by vitamin D deficiency. It can lead to soft and weakened bones, fractures, bone and muscle pain, and bony deformities. Children with naturally dark skin or inadequate exposure to sunlight are most at risk. Other causes may be nutritional deficiencies and disorders of the liver, kidney or small intestine.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Sunshine - health benefits and health risks
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Some small amount of sun exposure is needed to keep us healthy. This is because we need vitamin D which is made by the action of sunlight (UVB rays) on the skin.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Calcium and vitamin D for corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Osteoporosis and subsequent fracture are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. It is defined by low bone mass, and has many etiologies with different patterns of bone loss. Corticosteroid therapy is a contributor to the development of osteoporosis.
Title:   Vegetarian eating
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Vegetarians are people who don't eat meat. With careful planning, a vegetarian diet can provide all the essential vitamins and minerals necessary for a long and healthy life. A vegetarian diet has many health benefits, but can result in some vitamin and mineral deficiencies if it is not carefully planned.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Non-drug therapies
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Even when osteoporosis is diagnosed, lifestyle factors are still important in the management of this condition.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   More about vitamins
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The word vitamin means vital to life. All plants and animals need vitamins but only green plants can make all the vitamins they need.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Osteoporosis - prevention and treatment
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Osteoporosis occurs when bones become less dense, lose strength and break more easily due to calcium loss. It can affect both men and women. Diet, exercise and limiting alcohol and caffeine can help to prevent osteoporosis. If you have osteoporosis, medical treatment and lifestyle changes can prevent further bone loss and reduce your risk of fractures.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Menopause and osteoporosis
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Postmenopausal women are prone to developing osteoporosis, a condition characterised by weakened bones that fracture easily. To help reduce the risk, eat a diet rich in calcium and exercise regularly. Treatments include bisphosphonates, selective oestrogen receptor modulators, hormone therapy (hormone replacement therapy), vitamin D, calcium, strontium ranelate and other medications.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Rickets is a disease which affects the bone of growing children. Calcium and phosphate are important elements which form the bone. In nutritional rickets, initially the availability of calcium is diminished, later disturbances in phosphate occur. The sh...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   I've heard that some milk fats are required in order to absorb the calcium in milk. Is this correct?
Publisher:   Nutrition Australia
Description:   Discusses factors affecting calcium absorption from milk, particularly fatty acids, lactose and vitamin D.
Date:   Mar 1999
Title:   Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis and fractures
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Fragility fractures are a serious complication of long-term treatment with corticosteroids.The high frequency and rapid onset of corticosteroid-related fractures necessitates prompt identification of at-risk patients.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Vegetarian diets
Publisher:   Healthy Eating Club
Description:   Vegetarian diets must be carefully planned to avoid deficiencies of calcium, zinc, iodine, vitamin B12, vitamin D and omega 3 fatty acids. Otherwise, if nutritionally adequate, they provide health benefits in prevention and treatment of certain diseases.
Date:   Mar 2001
Title:   Osteoporosis treatment
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   If you have osteoporosis, your treatment will depend on your individual circumstances, including how severe your condition is.
Date:   Nov 2001
Title:   Osteoporosis prevention
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   There are several steps you can take to help prevent osteoporosis.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Nutrition
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Attainment of peak bone mass is dependent on ensuring adequate levels of dietary calcium, exercise and normal levels of growth hormones and gonadal hormones in childhood and adolescence.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Nutrition
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Calcium; Calcium Counter; Recommended daily calcium intake; Vitamin D; Calcium Requirements Through Life; Childhood and Adolescence; 20s-40s; Midlife - 50's to 65; Older years - over 65; Pregnant and breastfeeding women;Other dietary factors
Date:   Feb 2006
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