Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Vitamin D is critical for immune defense, osteoporosis ...

Share on Pinterest Can vitamin D boost longevity? Here’s what the latest research says. Image credit: Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Recent research has investigated the potential health ...

Low levels of vitamin D and its principal circulating form 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH-D) have been linked to many types of adverse outcomes beyond bone health, such as cardiovascular disease. How ...

Intermountain Health researchers discovered that customizing vitamin D3 doses for heart attack survivors slashed their risk of another heart attack by 50%. The strategy involved frequent monitoring ...

Share on Pinterest Vitamin D3 supplementation was linked to a lower risk of a second heart attack in a new study. Image credit: Tatjana Zlatkovic/Stocksy A new study from researchers with ...

Researchers discovered fossil evidence showing that spionid worms, parasites of modern oysters, were already infecting bivalves 480 million years ago. High-resolution scans revealed their distinctive ...

For years, home gardeners have been told to do one thing to save monarch butterflies: plant milkweed, the only plant monarch caterpillars eat. And for years, that’s what Linda Barber Auld, known as ...