The Impact of Vitamin D on Health and Disease

Name: The Impact of Vitamin D on Health and Disease
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ISBN: 9780443340376

Beyond the Bones

by Rehana Rehman, Faiza Alam

1st Edition

Publisher: Elsevier

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Print ISBN	9780443340376
eText ISBN	9780443340383
Publisher	Elsevier
Publishing Year	2025
Edition	1st Edition
Language	English
Pages	492

The Impact of Vitamin D on Health and Disease, 1st Edition, offers a holistic exploration of Vitamin D across human physiological systems, written for researchers and endocrinologists. Authors Rehana Rehman and Faiza Alam consolidate recent scientific advances in basic fields, providing detailed coverage of underlying molecular mechanisms, genetic variability, epigenetics, and microbiome interactions.

Expanding beyond fundamental biological processes, the publication systematically examines connections between Vitamin D and several major medical conditions. The authors review documented links to chronic respiratory diseases, pancreatic dysfunction, metabolic syndrome, and cancer, while also exploring the vitamin's documented role in mental health, physical aging, infectious diseases, and child health during pregnancy.

To assist practitioners and scholars analyzing public health trends, the volume incorporates global perspectives and provides practical tips for maintaining optimal Vitamin D levels. This single-volume text offers medical readers a thoroughly documented framework for understanding systemic Vitamin D physiology across diverse clinical contexts.

Chapter 1: Environmental factors and vitamin D
Chapter 2: Sources of vitamin D
Chapter 3: Biochemistry of vitamin D
Chapter 4: Vitamin D and bone health
Chapter 5: Vitamin D and sports performance
Chapter 6: Vitamin D and the immune system
Chapter 7: The interplay of epigenetics and vitamin D: regulation, mechanisms, and implications for health and disease
Chapter 8: Genetic variability in vitamin D metabolism: implications for health
Chapter 9: Vitamin D disorders: proteomic and metabolomic perspectives
Chapter 10: Global perspectives on vitamin D
Chapter 11: Vitamin D deficiency
Chapter 12: Vitamin D and chronic respiratory diseases: a complex relationship
Chapter 13: Vitamin D and cardiovascular health: a vital connection
Chapter 14: Vitamin D: illuminating the shadows of pancreatic dysfunction
Chapter 15: Vitamin D and metabolic syndrome-associated diseases: interconnections and implications
Chapter 16: Vitamin D and reproductive health: a critical link of vitamin D deficiency with subfertility
Chapter 17: Vitamin D and male reproductive health: complex interplay in male fertility e-only chapter
Chapter 18: Vitamin D and cancer
Chapter 19: Vitamin D, parathyroid and renal bone diseases, vitamin D, and FGF23
Chapter 20: Vitamin D and fragility fractures
Chapter 21: Rare disorders of vitamin D metabolism
Chapter 22: Vitamin D, pregnancy, and child health
Chapter 23: Vitamin D and mental health
Chapter 24: Vitamin D and aging
Chapter 25: Vitamin D and infectious diseases
Chapter 26: Vitamin D in physiotherapy: unlocking new frontiers in recovery and rehabilitation
Chapter 27: Vitamin D testing and measurement
Chapter 28: Practical tips for maintaining optimal vitamin D levels
Chapter 29: Vitamin D supplementation protocols
Chapter 30: Vitamin D therapy: a promising appraoch for subfertility
Chapter 31: Public health initiatives in promoting awareness and vitamin D supplement use in low- and middle-income countries
Chapter 32: Future directions in vitamin D research