Pancreatic cancer, although infrequent, has an exceptionally high mortality rate, making it
one of the four or five most common causes of cancer mortality in developed countries. The …

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays an important role in bone metabolism and seems
to have some anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating properties. In addition, recent …

Background Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with suboptimal health. The prevalence of
vitamin D insufficiency may be rising, but population-based trends are uncertain. We sought …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between serum 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D)
levels and mortality in a representative US sample of older adults. DESIGN: Prospective …

Background Dairy food and calcium intakes have been hypothesized to play roles that differ
among individual cancer sites, but the evidence has been limited and inconsistent …

Common obesity is associated with the metabolic syndrome and can be distinguished from
secondary obesity and from rare forms of monogenic and polygenic obesity. The prevalence …

Background: Vitamin D status, determined on the basis of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D]
concentrations, is associated with the risk of several diseases. Vitamin D binding protein …

Background Calcium and vitamin D (CaD) supplementation trials including the Women's
Health Initiative (WHI) trial of CaD have shown nonsignificant reductions in total mortality …

The discovery that the vitamin D endocrine system regulates a very large number of genes
and their associated biological processes improves our insight into the fundamental role of …

Objective Vitamin D deficiency is common among the elderly and may contribute to
cardiovascular disease. The aim of our study was to elucidate whether low serum levels of …