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Endocrinology Study: Low Vitamin D Puts Kids at Risk for Diabetes

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A study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and conducted at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas has shown that obese children who have low levels of vitamin D are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. The low vitamin D levels seemed to also correlate with insulin resistance, … Read more →

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Endocrinology Study: Testosterone Not the Fountain of Youth

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A study conducted by The University of Western Australia’s Western Australian Center for Health and Ageing (WACHA) and published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism reports that testosterone may not make men feel as young as previously believed. The article was titled, “Low Free Testosterone Predicts Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease But Not Other … Read more →

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Endocrinology Study Shows Steroids Reduce Vitamin D Levels

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A new study conducted by Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism indicates that people who take steroids are more at risk of having low levels of vitamin D in the body. Researchers gathered information from a survey of 23,000 people taken from 2001 … Read more →

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