Archives for June 4, 2018

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No bone benefit for high-dose vitamin D3

By Joseph James Whitworth

Daily supplementation with vitamin D3 at three times the standard dose provides no additional bone strength benefits in healthy infants, a clinical trial has found.

Study shows prebiotics, lactoferrin make rats calmer

By Hank Schultz

In a study that advances the state of evidence for the gut-brain connection, scientists in Colorado have shown that prebiotics and other fractions derived from human milk can reduce anxiety in juvenile rats and induce other changes in the brain.