CNN — Taking daily vitamin D and fish oil supplements may help protect older adults from developing autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, thyroid diseases and polymyalgia ...

Vitamin D is important to our overall health, and now scientists have made some notable discoveries about how deficiency early in life can trigger problems with the body's immune system. Researchers ...

The body can naturally produce vitamin D when skin is exposed to sunlight, but this process declines significantly in winter. There also aren't many food sources of vitamin D. But vitamin D is very ...

Close up of Vitamin D3 Omega 3 fish oil capsules on green background Researchers studied the role of vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids in the prevention of autoimmune diseases. Vitamin D3 and omega-3 ...

Deficiency of vitamin D has been linked to issues in bone health, but recent studies are revealing a more complex relationship between this nutrient and the immune system. Emerging evidence suggests ...

Patients with autoimmune interstitial lung disease (ILD) — a frequently fatal chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that causes scarring of the lungs — often have vitamin D deficiencies, and ...

Previous research has shown that vitamin D deficiency can increase the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) — and a new study suggests that supplementing it in high doses could help reduce symptoms. The ...

A certain vitamin deficiency could trigger autoimmune conditions. Researchers at McGill University in Canada studied mice genetically engineered to not produce vitamin d naturally. They found the ...

Vitamin D deficiency, especially in early life, is linked to an increased risk of autoimmune conditions, such as type 1 diabetes. Autoimmune diseases can be caused by a failure of T cells, a type of ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Vitamin D directly supports immune health; vitamin E’s immune benefits are indirect and limited ...

Background: Vitamin D is a steroid hormone with pleiotropic effects including immune system modulation, lung tissue remodeling, and bone health. Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in the ...