A Telethon Institute for Child Health Research study has uncovered a new link between vitamin D levels and asthma. ...

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• 2013
• July

Research by the Telethon Kids Institute shows a link between low vitamin D during pregnancy and post-natal depression. ...

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• 2014
• April

Researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute and Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research have found that small regular doses of sunlight suppress the develo ...

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• 2014
• October

The Cardiometabolic Sunhealth team are committed to better understanding the influence that sun exposure has on our health (both positive and negative) and its potential to be used as part of therapies or preventative strategies. ...

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• Chronic and Severe Diseases
• Diabetes, Metabolism and Clinical Sciences

Although genetic and epidemiological evidence indicates vitamin D insufficiency contributes to multiple sclerosis (MS), and serum levels of vitamin D increase on treatment with cholecalciferol, recent metanalyses indicate that this vitamin D form does not ameliorate disease. Genetic variation in genes regulating vitamin D, and regulated by vitamin D, affect MS risk. ...

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• 2021
• June 2021

Vitamin D deficiency is a public health concern worldwide. Maintaining vitamin D sufficiency during growth periods is essential. We aimed to determine the prevalence and predictors of vitamin D deficiency in Australian adolescents and young adults. ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation damages skin cell DNA but skin cancers develop because ultraviolet radiation also affects the immune system ...

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• 2019
• November 2019

The proportion of 25(OH)D3 that undergoes epimerization is greater with oral vitamin D3 supplementation than exposure to UVR in mice, but not in humans ...

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• 2019
• February 2019

Skin exposure to ultraviolet radiation alters the faecal microbiome, and further investigations to explore the implications of this in health and disease are warranted ...

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• 2018
• August 2018

The aim of this work is to review current metabolic and molecular aspects of the VitD-VitD receptor axis in reproductive medicine ...

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• 2017
• January 2017