Vitamin D in Health and Disease

Vitamin D has received increasing attention over the past decades for its potential role in cardiovascular disease, pregnancy, infection and malignancy, among other diseases.

CME credit is no longer available for this conference.

Course Authors

Malcolm D. Kearns, M.D., and Vin Tangpricha, M.D., Ph.D.

Malcolm D. Kearns, M.D., is Medical Resident, and Vin Tangpricha, M.D., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Within the past 12 months, both Drs. Kearns and Tangpricha report no commercial conflicts of interest.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CCME staff, and interMDnet staff have nothing to disclose.

Release Date: 02/02/2015

Upon completion of this Cyberounds^®, you should be able to:

Describe the physical properties of vitamin D and its roles in the body
Evaluate the meaning, measurement and epidemiological data of vitamin D sufficiency
List the skeletal and non-skeletal pathologies related to vitamin D deficiency
Apply the methods of treatment and prevention for vitamin D deficiency.

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