Consensus Statement on Vitamin D Status Assessment and Supplementation: Whys, Whens, and Hows
Endocr Rev. 2024 Apr 27:bnae009. doi: 10.1210/endrev/bnae009. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe 6th International Conference, "Controversies in Vitamin D," was convened to discuss controversial topics, such as vitamin D metabolism, assessment, actions, and supplementation. Novel insights into vitamin D mechanisms of action suggest links with conditions that do not depend only on reduced solar exposure or diet intake and that can be detected with distinctive noncanonical vitamin D metabolites. Optimal 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels remain debated. Varying recommendations from different societies arise from evaluating ...
Source: Endocrine Reviews - April 27, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Andrea Giustina John P Bilezikian Robert A Adler Giuseppe Banfi Daniel D Bikle Neil C Binkley Jens Bollerslev Roger Bouillon Maria Luisa Brandi Felipe F Casanueva Luigi di Filippo Lorenzo M Donini Peter R Ebeling Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan Angelo Fassio Stefa Source Type: research
Towards a Robust Definition of Sport Sex
Endocr Rev. 2024 Apr 5:bnae013. doi: 10.1210/endrev/bnae013. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTElite individual sports in which success depends on power, speed or endurance are conventionally divided into male and female events using traditional binary definitions of sex. Male puberty creates durable physical advantages due to the 20-30-fold increase in circulating testosterone producing a sustained uplift in men's muscle, bone, hemoglobin, and cardiorespiratory function resulting from male puberty and sustained during men's lives. These male physical advantages provide strong justification for separate protected category of f...
Source: Endocrine Reviews - April 5, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: David J Handelsman Source Type: research
