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In “high-risk” infants with sufficient vitamin d status at birth, infant vitamin D supplementation had no effect on allergy outcomes: A randomized controlled trial

Early infancy oral vitamin D supplementation does not appear to reduce the development of early childhood allergic disease

Low-dose UV radiation before running wheel access activates brown adipose tissue

When combined with physical activity, low-dose UVR may more effectively limit adiposity and modulate metabolic and immune pathways in iBAT

Analytical bias in the measurement of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in infants

To our knowledge, this is the first study to show that the reported 25(OH)D concentration may be influenced by both age and assay type

Effects of UVR exposure on the gut microbiota of mice and humans

Both human and murine studies report that multiple exposures to sub-erythemal UV radiation can increase the diversity of the gut microbiome

Sun exposure: An environmental preventer of metabolic dysfunction?

Emerging preclinical findings suggest that some sun exposure is necessary for optimal metabolic health

Systematic Review of the Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Markers of Metabolic Dysfunction

Here we review the metabolic effects of exposure to ultraviolet radiation, focusing on the effects of phototherapies

Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation in the Modulation of Human Diseases

This review focuses primarily on the beneficial effects for human health of exposure to ultraviolet radiation

Clinical, research, and public health implications of poor measurement of Vitamin D status

New initiatives to develop a standard reference method and the assignment of "true" values to samples provide a solution to these problems.

Tracking of Vitamin D status from childhood to early adulthood and its association with peak bone mass

There are moderate associations between vitamin D status measured in prepuberty, adolescence, and early adulthood

Are low sun exposure and/or Vitamin D risk factors for type 1 diabetes

Evidence supports that higher sun exposure and/or vitamin D sufficiency in pregnancy, or supplementation in early life, decreases type 1 diabetes risk

Community Conversation wrap up

The Children's Diabetes Centre recently held its first-ever Community Conversation for the diabetes community to have their say on issues important to them.

Congratulations Vinutha

Congratulations to Dr Vinutha Shetty who has been awarded a Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network’s Mentored Clinician Researcher Fellowship Award for 2017.

Patients hit for six by cricket visit

Players from Perth Scorchers’ KFC Big Bash team paid an unexpected visit to cricket fans in PMH’s diabetes ward recently.

Teens with diabetes cope with the additional burden of CV protection

ACE inhibitors and statins are well tolerated in teenagers with Type 1 Diabetes but more evidence is required to demonstrate whether they are effective

Type 1 breakthrough

Children's Diabetes Centre co-director Professor Tim Jones talked to Medical Forum WA about the findings of the global landmark AdDIT trial.

Education gets reel for patients

PMH’s Endocrinology and Diabetes team has paired up with production company Barking Wolf to create a series of educational films for patients and their families