Vitamin D Newsletter: December /January Newsletter

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Vitamin D Newsletter

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:28:46 -0800

 

 

 

December/January Newsletter:

 

Professor Meir Stampfer, chair of epidemiology at the Harvard School

of Public Health, has written a great article this week for Newsweek

magazine.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15994150/site/newsweek/

 

US News and World Report will have a feature article this week or next.

 

 

A very important new study was published several day ago. Dr.

Consuelo Wilkins of the Washington University School of Medicine found

that elderly patients with the lowest vitamin D levels were 11

(eleven!!!) times more likely to have symptoms of depression than were

patients with the highest vitamin D levels. Her group also found that

some measurements of dementia were higher in patients with the lowest

25(OH)D levels. I have written about vitamin D and depression before.

 

 

 

Wilkins CH, et al. Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Low Mood

and Worse Cognitive Performance in Older Adults. Am J Geriatr

Psychiatry. 2006 Dec;14(12):1032-1040.

 

The Wilkins study adds to the growing list of studies indicating that

vitamin D deficiency is an important cause of depression, and one that

is easily treated. It also stresses the importance of Professor John

McGrath's work, showing that vitamin D is intimately involved in brain

development. If you like your brain, if you like the brain of your

loved ones, if you are pregnant and you like the brain of the baby

developing inside you, get adequate amounts of vitamin D.

 

Our latest newsletter is posted at:

http://www.vitamindcouncil.com/newsletter/2006-dec-jan.shtml

 

John Jacob Cannell, MD

The Vitamin D Council

9100 San Gregorio Road Atascadero, CA 93422

http://www.vitamindcouncil.com