In the News

Good reasons for taking vitamin D

~ March 25, 2008
Why Canadians need to pay attention to "The Sunshine Vitamin."...more

Vitamin D, influenza link to be studied

~ March 4, 2008
Protection; Vitamin shortage may be cause of disease in seniors ...more

More vitamin D could mean fewer cancers: study

~ September 5, 2007
Thousands of cases of breast and colon cancers might be averted each year if people in colder climates raised their vitamin D levels, researchers estimate in a new report....more

Cancer society calls for major vitamin D trial

~ October 25, 2007
Organization lobbying medical research agencies in North America to find out what dosage, if any, prevents the disease...more

Canadian pediatricians recommend more vitamin D fo

~ September 25, 2007
Pregnant women and nursing mothers should talk to their doctors about taking a daily supplement of 2,000 international units of vitamin D, the Canadian Paediatric Society said Monday....more

Vitamin D can lower risk of death by 7 per cent

~ September 12, 2007
Taking vitamin D has been found to have a new benefit: It appears to be a life extender, according to a new study....more

Vitamin D Society interviewed on The Rutherford Show – May 26, 2006
Listen to the Interview

Press Releases
directly from Vitamin D Society

Vitamin D Society Declares November ‘Vitamin D Awareness Month’ in Canada

~ October 31, 2007
esearch this year has left no doubt that vitamin D deficiency – which affects an estimated 97 per cent of Canadians in the winter – is nothing less than a Canadian crisis and a worldwide problem. ...more

2006: ‘The Year of Vitamin D’

~ Dec. 20, 2006
Energized by a wave of breakthrough research, a surge of media attention and two major international conferences on Canadian soil in the past 12 months, Canada’s Vitamin D Society has declared 2006 “The Year of Vitamin D.”...more

Vitamin D Society Launched in Toronto

~ March 9, 2006
Seizing the momentum created by the North American Conference on UV, Vitamin D and Health, hosted March 8 in Toronto, a coalition of leading authorities on Vitamin D today announced the formation of Canada’s first Vitamin D charity: The Vitamin D Society....more