A new research institute will transform understanding of obesity, its links to serious illness and help develop better approaches to prevention and treatment.

Scholze et al. investigate individual UV exposure and 25(OH)D3 metabolism in a one-year observational study. While UV exposure triggers vitamin D3 production, the body strongly modulates the resulting...

Scientific Reports - A pilot clinical trial to explore the effects of UV exposure on vitamin D synthesis and inflammatory responses in vitamin D-Deficient adults

Objective To evaluate the extent to which circulating biomarker and supplements of vitamin D are associated with mortality from cardiovascular, cancer, or other conditions, under various circumstances...

Improving knowledge of adiposity’s genetic architecture across the lifecourse refines insights into its role in breast cancer.

<p>Objective: This study aims to investigate the effects of vitamin D₃ supplementation on androgen levels and semen parameters in infertile men.</p> <p>Methods: A comprehensive literature s...

To investigate the relationship between levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in a Spanish population.

OBJECTIVE. Circulating vitamin D concentrations have been associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but the results are inconsistent. Emerging evi

Pregnancy is a time of tremendous growth and physiological changes for mother and her developing fetus with lifelong implications for the child. The concert ...

It is now generally accepted that vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide health problem that affects not only musculoskeletal health but also a wide range of acute and chronic diseases. However, there re...

1,25-Dihydroxvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] is the hormonally active form of vitamin D. The genomic mechanism of 1,25(OH)2D3 action involves the direct binding of the 1,25(OH)2D3 activated vitamin D recepto...

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The Wrong Prescription – Why Labour Must Rethink Its Approach To AsylumRathi Guhadasan, 18 November 2025The Socialist Health Association condemns the asylum reforms announced Monday by HomeSecretary S...

This assessment provides a comprehensive update of the effects of changes in stratospheric ozone and other factors (aerosols, surface reflectivity, solar activity, and climate) on the intensity of ult...

Spending just 20 minutes in nature can lower blood pressure, heart rate and stress levels.

A new discovery reveals the key pigment behind far-red photosynthesis, a new, low-energy form of oxygenic photosynthesis.

Are you aged over 18 years, live within 40 miles of Norwich and think you may be low in vitamin D? You may be eligible to participate in the ViTal-D study. The ViTaL-D Study is investigating the impac...

Researchers launch one of the UK’s first human trials of a gene-edited food to see if biofortified tomatoes can boost vitamin D levels in people who eat them.

Early primates evolved in cold North American climates 66 million years ago, enduring freezing winters before migrating to tropics.

‘Nuptial flight’ sees insects rise up and take to the air in huge swarms to mate and seek out new colonies

While many of us revel in the hot summer sunshine, others are at risk of developing heat-related complications such as sunstroke and heatstroke. In this blog post we will outline how heat affects the ...

Nature is medicine – so why has the government’s health plan ignored it?

Ultraviolet, or UV, radiation, comes to earth from the sun. The ozone layer protects those of us on the ground from most of it, but some does reach the surface. Here’s a quick briefing on UV. How to p...

New study highlights how UK heatwaves could become longer and hotter due to escalating climate trends.

This POSTnote will summarise the factors that affect winter mortality. It will outline evidence for policies to prevent excess winter deaths.

We want all forms of geo-engineering to be illegal in the UK. We do not want any use of technologies to intervene in the Earth's natural systems.

The problem of using male anatomy as the default in medicine is that it doesn’t always read across to female bodies.

Leanne Lucas tells Sky News she wants blunt-tipped knives to be used in home kitchens in a campaign she says is "for the girls" killed in the July 2024 attack.

Black and Asian women are more likely to die in childbirth than white women. Can Donna Ockenden’s review eradicate the ‘unacceptable’ lack of compassi...

Nutrition & Diabetes - Associations between hypovitaminosis D, adiposity indices and insulin resistance in adolescents: mediation analyses from NHANES 2011–2018