Early research findings may lead to new treatments for the disease
UCLA scientists and colleagues from UC Riverside and the Human BioMolecular Research Institute have found that a form of vitamin D, together with a chemical found in turmeric spice called curcumin, may help stimulate the immune system to clear the brain of amyloid beta, which [...]

The endless string of good news about Vitamin D never ceases:
Vitamin D found in fish boosts brain power
Eating fish – long considered ‘brain food’ – may really be good for the old grey matter, as is a healthy dose of sunshine, new research suggests.
University of Manchester scientists in collaboration with colleagues from other European centres [...]

An article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has looked at how much dietary vitamin D is necessary to ensure adequate serum concentrations over the winter months. The target vitamin D level was taken to be 25 nmol/L, and the daily doses required to maintain this ranged from 7.2 mcg/day to 41.1 mcg/day, depending [...]

An interesting idea was presented recently in Medical Hypotheses, postulating that common obesity (i.e., fatness that does not have an underlying medical cause) is due to a lack of vitamin D.
Most of us experience weight gain over winter, and I had always assumed that it was due to the changes in lifestyle that the winter [...]

Nov 17 – Journal of Cell Biology. Researchers have helped clarify the mechanism of vitamin D’s action against colon cancer.
I’m in lazy reporting mode now, with so much to catch up on, so I’m just going to quote wholesale from the press release:
Vitamin D stymies colon cancer cells in two ways. It switches on genes [...]