Vitamin D Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Vitamin D, including details on sources, melanin, benefits, deficiency, supplements, calcium absorption.

Volume 4 (2007), Issue 5 (May)

1. Preventing fractures among older people living in institutional care: a pragmatic randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation.
   Osteoporos Int, 18(6): 811-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Apoptosis, P53 and Bcl-2 expression in response to topical calcipotriol therapy for psoriasis.
   Int J Dermatol, 46(5): 468-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Nutrient intake and plate waste from an Australian residential care facility.
   Eur J Clin Nutr, 61(5): 655-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Selective use of multiple vitamin D response elements underlies the 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-mediated negative regulation of the human CYP27B1 gene.
   Nucleic Acids Res, 35(8): 2734-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Repair of diaphyseal bone defects with calcitriol-loaded PLGA scaffolds and marrow stromal cells.
   Tissue Eng, 13(5): 1125-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Chilean healthy postmenopausal women with normal sun exposure: additional evidence for a worldwide concern.
   Menopause, 14(3): 455-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of postmenopausal weight gain.
   Arch Intern Med, 167(9): 893-902. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Association between vitamin D and age-related macular degeneration in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 through 1994.
   Arch Ophthalmol, 125(5): 661-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) blocks TNF-induced monocytic tissue factor expression by inhibition of transcription factors AP-1 and NF-kappaB.
   Lab Invest, 87(6): 540-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Vitamin D status of patients admitted to a hospital rehabilitation unit: relationship to function and progress.
    Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 86(6): 435-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Evaluation of a 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D enzyme immunoassay.
    Clin Chem, 53(6): 1104-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Conversion from conventional to nocturnal hemodialysis improves vitamin D levels.
    Kidney Int, 71(11): 1172-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Vitamin D, parathyroid hormone levels, and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in community-dwelling older adults.
    Diabetes Care, 30(6): 1549-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Intakes of calcium and vitamin D and breast cancer risk in women.
    Arch Intern Med, 167(10): 1050-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Intravenous paricalcitol for treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in children on hemodialysis.
    Am J Kidney Dis, 49(6): 814-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Long-term outcomes of cinacalcet and paricalcitol titration protocol for treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism.
    Am J Nephrol, 27(3): 274-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Current state of vitiligo therapy--evidence-based analysis of the literature.
    J Dtsch Dermatol Ges, 5(6): 467-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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