Books : Vitamin D: Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Applications (Nutrition and Health) (Nutrition and Health)
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.328
EAN num: 9780896034679
ISBN number: 0896034674
Label: Humana Press
Manufacturer: Humana Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 458
Printing Date: January 15, 1999
Publishing house: Humana Press
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A comprehensive, highly readable overview of the biological functions and clinical applications of vitamin D and its metabolites. Topics range from the most recent recommendations for vitamin D intake to new approaches for the treatment and prevention of vitamin D deficiency and the development of active vitamin D drugs to treat psoriasis and cancer. The book authoritatively reviews the relationship between sunlight exposure, vitamin D, and increased risk of colon and breast cancer; how vitamin D is made in the skin; and the sequence of events that leads to its activation by the kidney. Also examined are the biological functions of 1,25-dihydrovitamin D3 on the intestine and bone, as well as other tissues, such as skin, the immune system, prostate, and breast, and vitamin D's molecular mechanism of action on the cell membrane and nucleus. Vitamin D: Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Applications will serve as an authoritative day-to-day source for all those health care professionals, internists, dermatologists, house staff, and basic scientists who seek today's clearest understanding of the broad role of vitamin D in human health.
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This is a technical book on vitamin D. Dr. Holick is a pioneer on this subject. He led the way in this field since 1990s. I came across vitamin D by pure serendipity. I realized how rudimentary was the medical knowledge on vitamin D presented in medical books. Up to this date, this new knowledge has not made it into the curricula of medical schools.
Then I came across an article that was published by Dr. Holick in The Lancet "Redefining vitamin D deficiency" in 1998.
Since then, I never looked back and this new knowledge on vitamin D changed the way I practice medicine and my patients are grateful for it.
In this book, you will learn that vitamin D is not only to enhance bone density, but it is also a vital vitamin to maintain muscle strength, mass (to prevent falls), and that vitamin D has a vital role in preventing most cancers and preventing auto-immune disorders such as type 1 diabetes, mutiple sclerosis.
A recent study on telomerase has found that vitamin D might even enhance longevity.
If you feel tired, and suffer from chronic fatigue, aches and pains, and "everything" has been checked and "normal", it is time your doctor checked 25, hydroxy vitamin D to make sure that your vitamin D is between 32-100 ng/ml and that you are taking adequate vitamin D.
This book is written for doctors, clinicians, and researchers.
Shirwan Mirza, MD
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