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Does vitamin D play a role in the management of Covid-19 in Brazil?

ABSTRACT The study discusses the possible role of adequate vitamin D status in plasma or serum for preventing acute respiratory infections during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our arguments respond to an article, published in Italy, that describes the high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in older Italian women ...

Vitamina D: una estrategia profiláctica en tiempos del SARS-CoV-2. Vitamina D, SARS-CoV-2 y odontología

Acta odontol. Colomb. (En linea); 10 (Supl. Covid-19), 2020
Objetivo: ofrecer a todo el personal de salud oral un resumen narrativo de la literatura sobre la relación entre el uso de la vitamina D y la COVID-19, a través de la presentación de los beneficios de este suplemento. Se espera aportar a ampliar el conocimiento sobre esta sustancia orgánica, en ...

Osteosarcopenia: del envejecimiento de la unidad óseo-muscular a la enfermedad
Osteosarcopenia: from muscle-bone unit aging to disease

Rev. cuba. reumatol; 22 (supl.1), 2020
Aunque la masa muscular y la ósea tienen igual origen embriológico, desarrollo y función, por lo que constituyen la unidad hueso-músculo, las enfermedades asociadas al envejecimiento de esta unidad se consideran de manera independiente. Sin embargo, en los últimos años se evidencia el efecto aditiv...

Concomitant using of topical carrageenan-kappa and oral vitamin D against 7, 12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene induced-oral cancer in rats: A synergism or an antagonism effects

Braz. dent. sci; 23 (3), 2020
Objective: κ-carrageenan is a food stabilizer agent which has an antiproliferative effect, while vitamin D is a prohormone acts on the nuclear receptor and has a cytotoxic against cancer. This study aimed to show the synergistic effect of using topical κ-carrageenan and oral administration of the vitam...

Mitos y realidades sobre el aporte de lácteos y calcio

Rev. chil. reumatol; 36 (3), 2020
Desde una perspectiva histórica, el consumo de leche de otros mamíferos y sus derivados ha jugado un rol importante en el desarrollo de la sociedad humana. Sin embargo, en los últimos años se han planteado dudas respecto al real beneficio del consumo de productos lácteos y suplementos de calcio en l...

Vitamin D, vitamin D binding protein, vitamin D receptor levels and cardiac dysautonomia in patients with multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (12), 2019
ABSTRACT Vitamin D is a pleiotropic steroid hormone that modulates the autonomic balance. Its deficiency has been described as an environmental risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this study was to investigate the serum levels of vitamin D, vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) and vitamin D r...

Association of vitamin d with mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer's dementia in older mexican adults

Rev. invest. clín; 71 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Background It has been proposed that Vitamin D helps reduce the accumulation of cerebral β-amyloid-42 by innate immune stimulation and phagocytosis activation. An association between low Vitamin D levels and Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) has been established. We determined the association bet...

Concentrações de vitamina D em lactentes sibilantes e crianças asmáticas: relação com a condição nutricional e o controle da doença

Introdução: Deficiência de vitamina D e obesidade foram associadas a um pior controle da asma em países desenvolvidos, embora essa relação ainda não esteja devidamente estabelecida. Assim, o presente estudo visa avaliar a relação entre deficiência de vitamina D, controle da asma e a condição ...

Vitamina D y asma

The main source of Vitamin D is the bioconversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholecalciferol, however, the level of sun exposition has been drastically reduced during the last decades, so it is not unusual to find a high deficit of Vitamin D in the population. There is evidence to suggest that the defici...

Relación entre niveles de vitamina D y perfil lipídico en embarazadas de alto riesgo
Relationship between level of vitamin D and lipid profile in high risk pregnant women

Actual. osteol; 15 (3), 2019
En la Argentina, las embarazadas presentan alta prevalencia (80%) de hipovitaminosis D y de sobrepeso u obesidad (27,4%). Ambas condiciones pueden aumentar la morbimortalidad materno-fetal. Bajos niveles de vitamina D se han relacionado con aumento del colesterol total, LDL, triglicéridos (Tg) y descens...