Nutrition, Vitamin D | featured news

Pregnant women could -- and probably should -- consume 10 times more vitamin D than experts currently recommend, according to a new study.

The vast majority of infants in the U.S. are not getting the vitamin D that they need, even if they are fed vitamin-enriched formula, a new study has found.

And another study shows that 36% of mothers were deficient in vitamin D, too.

Vitamin D has long been seen as vital to bone health and is increasingly seen as a possible aid against cardiovascular disease and cancer, yet more Americans are not getting enough of the "sunshine vitamin." Analyzing data from federal health...