Less children found to be at risk of low vitamin D levels
Under new guidelines from the Institute of Medicine, the estimated number of children who are at risk of having insufficient or deficient levels of vitamin D is drastically reduced from previous estimates, according to a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study.
March 27, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chicago-stritch, deficient-levels, having-insufficient, institute, new-guidelines, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, school, the-estimated
Potential Overtreatment Of Vitamin D Deficiency Following Inaccurate Vitamin D Tests
Blood tests to measure vitamin D deficiency are among the most frequently ordered tests in medicine. But a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study of two new vitamin D tests found the kits are inaccurate in many cases.
June 27, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 94th, among-the-most, annual-meeting, chicago-stritch, diet, kits, loyola, measure-vitamin, medicine, nutrition, nutrition / diet, ordered-tests, school, the-94th, the-kits
Loyola Receives NIH Grant To Study Vitamin D Deficiency In African Populations
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researchers have received a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study vitamin D deficiency in people of African descent. Researchers will evaluate the relation between low vitamin D levels and risks for certain chronic diseases, including osteoporosis and heart disease…
December 2, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-low, bones / orthopedics, certain-chronic, chicago-stritch, evaluate-the-relation, health, national, national-institutes, on call diets, oncalldiets, relation, stritch, study-vitamin, the-relation
