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Truth About Vitamin D: Why You Need Vitamin D

In the U.S., only people who live south of a line drawn from Los Angeles to Columbia, S.C., get enough sunlight for vitamin D production throughout...

Truth About Vitamin D: Drug Interactions

If you take steroid drugs regularly, discuss vitamin D with your doctor. On the other hand, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and thiazide diuretic...

Mysterious Ailment

Women with PCOS have excessively high levels of male hormones, such as testosterone. And, as evidenced by the irregular periods, women with PCOS do...

Medical Conditions Doctors Miss

Researchers asked the latter group if they had ever been told they had weak or failing kidneys, and only 20% of the men and 5% of the women said th...

Q&A with Jaime King

Did you feel the same way during your first pregnancy? There are certain things about endometriosis that are challenging, like bad cramps, heavy bl...

Truth About Vitamin D: Can You Get Too Much Vitamin D?

The IOM committee found no conclusive evidence that increased vitamin D levels confer increased health benefits, 'challenging the concept that '. T...

Shaking a Salt Habit

But can cutting down on salt really lower blood pressure? In 1984, analyzing nutrition data gathered from around the country, researchers at the Or...

Salt: Don't Ban it Entirely

Yet getting too little iodine -- called iodine deficiency -- is a serious issue. Too little iodine in a pregnant women's diet can affect the develo...

Salt: Don't Ban it Entirely

Too little iodine in a pregnant women's diet can affect the development of the fetus' brain and can cause cretinism, an irreversible form of physic...

Diet Myth or Truth: I Don't Need to Worry About Sodium

You don't need to worry about the sodium in your diet unless you have a health condition like heart disease or high blood pressure -- right? That’s...

Easy Ways to Cut Back on Salt

Research has shown a connection between high-salt intake and an increase in blood pressure in certain people who are considered 'salt sensitive.'. ...