Muscle frailty and falls among elderly persons due to vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency©

By Dr Dimitrios N. Gkelis, Ioannis Zogkos, Nikos Mousouros, Thanos Filandras

Fall is the unintentionally coming to rest on the ground, floor, or other lower level. Coming to rest against furniture or a wall was not counted as a fall.

Vitamin D and preeclampsia  during pregnancy©

Preeclampsia is a multi-organ syndrome of pregnancy [1] and is  characterized by hypertension, proteinuria and/or organ dysfunction, which complicates between 2% and 5% of all pregnancies [2, 3].

Treatment of psoriasis with oral vitamin D3 [D3-Gkelin drops]©

By Dr Dimitrios N. Gelis

Vitamin D was discovered a century ago because of an epidemic of a childhood bone disease, rickets [1]. Most vertebrates need vitamin D to develop and maintain a healthy mineralized skeleton. Vitamin D3 is produced in the human skin by short wavelength (290-315nm) ultraviolet  B (UVB) radiation.

Vitamin D and Schizophrenia© 

Being born in the winter and spring significantly increases one's risk for developing schizophrenia. This birth seasonality may account for as many as 10% of all cases of schizophrenia.

The relationship between vitamin D and hypertension^©

Vitamin D is a secosteroid hormone and vitamin D receptors exist in the majority of body tissues. Hypovitaminosis D is manifested  and linked to dysfunction of target tissues which is expressed with several clinical entities, such as osteoporosis, cancer, tuberculosis, hypertension, multiple sclerosis, depression, dementia, sarcopenia, propensity to fall…Source [1].