Co-administration of a probiotic and vitamin D significantly improved cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia, results from a double-blind randomized controlled trial suggested. The ...

Erika Prouty, PharmD, is a professional community pharmacist that specializes in blood cholesterol readings, blood pressure readings, and medication therapy management. Why it may interfere: You need ...

It’s the most popular supplement on the market. But why do we need vitamin D—and why is the advice on how to get it so contradictory? Sunlight is all our bodies need to make vitamin D—a nutrient ...

For a while vitamin D was looking like a bona fide health elixir. It was recognized a century ago as the cure for rickets, a childhood disease that causes weak and deformed bones. Then, in the early ...

Nearly a quarter of Americans are estimated to have a vitamin D deficiency. Why is that? A 2022 study of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) data estimated that about 22% of ...