Better Ways Hospitals Can Help Older Adults Get the Right Vitamin D
Hospitals often struggle with how to properly test and treat vitamin D deficiency in older patients. This study looked at two different improvement programs …
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Why Your Baby's Vitamin D Test Results Might Change
Doctors use blood tests to check if babies have enough vitamin D, which is important for bone health. A Japanese hospital switched to a new testing method in …
Read MoreNew Quick Blood Test for Vitamin D Shows Promise But Needs Work
Researchers tested a new fast way to measure vitamin D levels in blood using just a tiny finger-prick sample. They compared it to the gold-standard laboratory …
Read MoreHow Doctors Measure Vitamin D in Kids Changes Everything
Researchers in China tested vitamin D levels in over 1,100 young children and discovered something surprising: whether a child is considered to have enough …
Read MoreNew Way to Measure Vitamin D in Korean People
Scientists in Korea discovered a better way to measure vitamin D in people's blood. They tested over 11,000 Koreans and found a special form of vitamin D …
Read MoreWhy More People Are Getting Vitamin D Tests and What It Means
Researchers in Taiwan looked at 10 years of medical records to understand who was getting vitamin D tests and whether testing helped people improve their …
Read MoreHow Blood Test Tubes Can Change Your Vitamin D Results
Scientists discovered that the type of tube used to collect blood for vitamin D testing can actually change the results you get. Researchers tested 20 …
Read MoreWhy Your Vitamin D Test Results Might Be Misleading
Researchers discovered that common vitamin D blood tests may give confusing results because they're picking up different forms of vitamin D that shouldn't be …
Read MoreDo Doctor Guidelines Really Stop Unnecessary Vitamin D Tests?
Researchers looked at whether official medical guidelines and insurance rules actually reduce unnecessary vitamin D blood tests. They studied how often doctors …
Read MoreNew Test for Vitamin D Levels Works Just as Well as Gold Standard
Scientists tested a new machine that measures vitamin D levels in your blood to see if it's as accurate as the best method available. Vitamin D is important …
Read MoreNew Tool Could Make Vitamin D Testing Faster and Easier
Scientists have created a new device that can quickly measure vitamin D levels in your blood using a special material called nitrogen-doped graphene. This new …
Read MoreNew Way to Check Vitamin D Health in Teenage Bones
Researchers in Saudi Arabia studied nearly 950 teenagers to understand vitamin D better and how it affects bone health. They found that most teenagers don't …
Read MoreTesting Vitamin D Levels With Tiny Blood Drops: Does It Work?
Scientists are exploring a new way to measure vitamin D levels using just a few drops of blood from a finger prick instead of traditional blood draws. This …
Read MoreBetter Ways to Check Your Vitamin D Levels
Doctors have been measuring vitamin D the same way for years, but new research suggests there might be a better method. Vitamin D travels through your blood …
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