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Vitamin D Levels Found To Be Lower Among Asthmatic Adolescents
Lung Disease News According to a recent study led by Ourania Kolokotroni from the Cyprus International Institute for Environmental & Public Health in association with Harvard School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, asthmatic young people have lower … |
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Israeli Study Links Vitamin D Deficiency with Asthma Attacks
TheTower.org An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, a chronic disease marked by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing as the lining of the lungs' bronchial tubes swells and narrows the airways. A new study suggests that a vitamin D … |
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Vitamin D deficiency ups odds of asthma exacerbation
Medical Xpress Ronit Confino-Cohen, M.D., from the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel, and colleagues examined the correlations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) level and asthma in a cohort of Israeli adults aged 22 to 50 years. Participants with … |
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Vitamin D improves corticosteroid efficacy and attenuates its side-effects in an animal model of asthma.
Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2014 Nov 3;:1-9
Authors: Mehta AA, Agrawal AD, Appanna V, Chaudagar KK
Abstract
The subacute use of corticosteroids has side-effects such as glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, anxiety, and depression, which could be halted with vitamin D, which is an immunomodulatory vitamin. Thus, we aimed to study the anti-asthmatic efficacy and side-effects profile of vitamin D, the corticosteroid dexamethasone, and their combination on ovalbumin-induced airway inflammation in rats. For this, 2 different doses of vitamin D (50 IU/kg, daily for 2 weeks, or and 60000 IU/kg, bolus dose, by intraperitoneal injection (i.p.)) were administered in combination with dexamethasone (2.5 mg/kg, i.p., for 2 weeks) prior to challenge with ovalbumin. At the end of the therapy, the asthmatic parameters such as differential white blood cell counts, serum levels of immunoglobulin E, bronchoalveolar lavaged fluid, and interleukin-5, as well as serum levels of nitric oxide were significantly increased after allergen challenges in asthmatic rats as compared with the controls. Such increases were significantly attenuated by monotherapy with vitamin D and with combination therapy of vitamin D and dexamethasone, where the combination therapy was superior to the monotherapy. Dexamethasone-induced hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and behavioral abnormalities in the allergic rats were attenuated with vitamin D. The daily dose was better for controlling serum levels of immunoglobulin E than the bolus dose, whereas the bolus was superior for reducing dexamethasone-induced psychotropic abnormalities. There were no significant changes in other parameters between the daily and the bolus dose. In conclusion, a daily dose of vitamin D in combination with dexamethasone is more efficacious for treating asthma in allergic rats than monotherapy.
PMID: 25429688 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Abnormal vitamin D, trace element levels may indicate asthma risk
News-Medical.net Serum levels of vitamin D, copper and zinc could help identify infants with recurrent wheezing who are at risk of developing asthma, Turkish researchers suggest. The team, from Istanbul University, led by Metin Uysalol, found that patients with … |
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Asthma May be Controlled By Raising Vitamin D Levels in Patients
Youth Health Magzine Worsening of asthma was indicated by the number of prescriptions for asthma medicine filled and the number of physician visits. The researchers found that during the year before their first vitamin D test, 15 percent of people with readings between 0 … |
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Low Vitamin D Tied to Asthma Attacks
New York Times (blog) Worsening of asthma was indicated by the number of prescriptions for asthma medicine filled and the number of physician visits. The researchers found that during the year before their first vitamin D test, 15 percent of people with readings between 0 … Vitamin D deficiency linked to increased risk of asthma attacks Large study shows that Vitamin D alleviates symptoms of asthma! Study finds Vitamin D might ease asthma |
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Vitamin D Can Ease Asthma, Study Finds
Huffington Post Canada Catching some rays outside could be a simple solution to managing acute asthmatic episodes, according to a new study at Tel Aviv University. While previous studies cast a shadow of doubt over Vitamin D's influence on asthma, lead author Dr. Ronit … |
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Asthma lets up with vitamin D consumption
helpmeoutDOC News – A consistent flow of medical news Vitamin D's influence on asthma has been regarded with skepticism, but Dr. Ronit Confino-Cohen of Tel Aviv University considers Vitamin D able to regulate body's immune responses, reducing asthma's influence over the immune system. “Most of the … |
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Asthma attacks can be controlled by Vitamin D
Zee News London: An Israeli research has found that asthma flare ups can be helpped by boosting the level of Vitamin D in deficients asthmatics. Dr Ronit Confino-Cohen from University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine, said that Vitamin D has significant … |
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