Breathe Well Live Well
|
Vitamin D-binding genotype provided asthma protection
Healio Researchers have identified a vitamin D–binding genotype that is protective against the development of asthma among inner-city Hispanic children, according to retrospective data. “Because vitamin D has been implicated in the regulation of immune cells, … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
Prenatal Vitamin A Deficiency May Contribute to Asthma
Monthly Prescribing Reference (HealthDay News) — Early fetal retinoic acid (RA) deficiency is associated with altered airway smooth muscle phenotype, with RA restricting airway smooth muscle differentiation, according to an experimental study published in the February 3 issue of … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
Parent Herald |
Vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy could lead to asthma
Parent Herald (Photo : Flickr/NIAID) Vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy can lead to an overgrowth of smooth muscle surrounding the fetus's airways, making the lungs hyperresponsive to environmental stimuli later in life and raising his or her asthma risk. Vitamin … Maternal vitamin A deficiency linked to postnatal asthma: Mouse data Prenatal vitamin A deficiency tied to postnatal asthma Low Maternal Vitamin A Linked to Postnatal Asthma |
View full post on asthma – Google News
Science Codex |
Maternal vitamin A deficiency linked to postnatal asthma: Mouse data
NutraIngredients.com The mouse study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, provides evidence that a lack of vitamin A during pregnancy is linked to postnatal airway hyperresponsiveness, which is a hallmark of asthma. Led by Dr Wellington Cardoso from … Prenatal vitamin A deficiency tied to postnatal asthma First evidence of link between prenatal vitamin A deficiency and postnatal asthma |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
Prenatal vitamin A deficiency tied to postnatal asthma
EurekAlert (press release) "Researchers have long wondered what makes some people more susceptible than others to developing asthma symptoms when exposed to the same stimulus," said Dr. Cardoso, senior author, director of the new Columbia Center for Human Development, … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
Prenatal vitamin A deficiency tied to postnatal asthma
Medical Xpress Vitamin A deficiency during fetal development can lead to excessive growth of smooth muscle surrounding the airways, making the lungs overly reactive to stimulation from the environment later in life and thus at risk to develop asthma. In these cross … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
Conditions: Asthma; Vitamin D Deficiency
Interventions: Drug: Vitamin D2 + vitamin D3; Drug: Vitamin D3
Sponsors: Nationwide Children’s Hospital; Ohio State University
Recruiting – verified February 2014
View full post on ClinicalTrials.gov: asthma | received in the last 14 days
| Related Articles |
Vitamin d deficiency in e.N.T. Patients.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Jan;65(1):57-60
Authors: Taneja MK, Taneja V
Abstract
A prospective study to observe the prevalence of deficiency of vitamin D in out patients of otolaryngology clinic at Indian Institute of ear diseases, Muzaffarnagar. The patients attending outpatient of otolaryngology clinic with various complaints and not responding to conventional treatment were advised for assessment of vitamin D [25 (OH)D] level in blood. The age, sex, occupation, colour of skin, chief complaints, obesity, provisional diagnosis, and incidence of sun exposure was noted in all cases. A total of 86 patients were examined, maximum patients were in the age group of 7-15 years. The chief complaints in majority of the patients were sore throat with recurrent upper respiratory tract infection. Only in three patient’s vitamin D level was found to be with in normal limits. In rest 83 (96.51 %) it was either deficient 57 (66.28 %) or insufficient 21 (24.42 %). The incidence of vitamin D deficiency is extremely common in Ear Nose Throat disease (E.N.T.) patients. The results of vitamin supplementation were promising in cases of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo with cervical spondylosis and URTI with asthma, empirical supplementation of vitamin D in all E.N.T. patients not responding to conventional treatment is worth trying. At place of sun screen, use of pomegranates and blueberries may be encouraged to prevent sunburn and eliminate Vitamin D deficiency.
PMID: 24381922 [PubMed]
View full post on pubmed: asthma
Condition: Asthma
Intervention: Dietary Supplement: Cholecalciferol
Sponsors: University of Pittsburgh; University of Pittsburgh
Recruiting – verified August 2013
View full post on ClinicalTrials.gov: asthma | received in the last 14 days
|
Vitamin D deficiency can increase asthma and allergy risk in obese children …
News-Medical.net One reason why obese children and teenagers are more likely to have hard-to-control asthma and allergies may be vitamin D deficiency, a new study finds. Results of the study will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in … |
View full post on asthma – Google News