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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Add a grain of salt to an article about a study that claims “Eating Vegan Diet In Pregnancy Linked to Preeclampsia and Lower Birthweight”

    January 29, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 29, 2024 Source:Eating Vegan Diet In Pregnancy Linked to Preeclampsia and Lower Birthweight Reference:Adherence to different forms of plant-based diets and pregnancy outcomes in the Danish National Birth Cohort: A prospective observational study

  • Preliminary study points to pregnancy complications with low vitamin D levels but randomized trials needed to prove hypothesis

    March 29, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 29, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Low vitamin D levels linked to pregnancy complications Reference: Aghajafari F, et al “Association between maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and pregnancy and neonatal outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies” BMJ 2013; 346: f1169 Lucas R, et al “Vitamin D sufficiency in pregnancy: Better evidence…

  • Pregnancy complications can be an indicator of future cardiovascular and diabetes risk

    March 10, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 10, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Problems In Pregnancy Signal Future Health Risks

  • Vitamin D and prevention of preeclampsia during pregnancy

    November 11, 2007

    Food science research has recently published the links between adequate vitamin D levels and reduced risks of breast and colon cancer, reduced falls in the elderly, a reduction in stress fractures in young athletic women, a possible reduction in age related wet-type macular degeneration, and improved bone structure and density in children borne from mother’s…

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