Defining Optimal Levels and Doses of Vitamin D for Every Individual – By Dr. Sunil Wimalawansa   Source : grassrootshealth What should be the minimum vitamin D level among all individuals?  What diseases and conditions might benefit from even higher vitamin D levels? Key Points Dr. Sunil Wimalawansa answers several questions, including “Do you recommend an absolute minimum vitamin D level for everyone?,” “In which specific health conditions might an individual choose to have a higher target blood vitamin D level to achieve desired outcomes?,” and “What are the broader benefits of having updated guidelines and barriers to implement?” To be clinically effective and to protect all body systems, serum 25(OH)D concentration needs to be “maintained” between 50 to 80 ng/mL range; this would cover approximately 99.9% of all human disorders Vitamin D is a threshold micronutrient – its response rates diminish as the blood vitamin D level increases; once reaching ...

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Applications for the 2022 Avant Foundation Early Career Research Program are now open – by Dinesh Palipana OAM Source: Dinesh Palipana Linked In From Dinesh Palipana – I have been lucky enough to be an Avant Foundation scholarship holder. Are you an early career doctor looking to build your research capabilities? Applications for the 2022 Avant Foundation Early Career Research Program are now open. The new 2022 program offers up to $450,000 in funding across 29 research grants for full-time, part-time, short-term, and microgrant research projects, with microgrants supported by research coaching. A research skills development program is also on offer. The program builds on 10 years of the Doctor in Training Research Scholarship Program that has funded nearly $3.5 million in support of over 127 projects. It has supported life-changing research to promote better patient outcomes and helped advance the careers of some of Australia’s promising medical researchers. In 2022 there are also ...

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Science and medicine were part of my life – Dr. Maheshi N. Ramasamy, Principal Investigator for the Oxford COVID-19   This young lady is the daughter of old Royalist Dr Ranjan Ramasamy. He was first to get 8Ds at the 1964 O Level exam  Dinner table chats with her scientist-parents and hospital ward rounds with her Puncha, these were what inspired her, says Dr. Maheshi N. Ramasamy, Principal Investigator for the Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Trial, in this interview with Kumudini Hettiarachchi (Source: Sunday Times Sri Lanka)   Totally relaxed, she comes on Zoom on Wednesday – at the appointed hour of 12 Greenwich Meantime Time (GMT) in Oxford, England, and 5.30 p.m. in Sri Lanka. No one would imagine that pretty Dr. Maheshi N. Ramasamy, who is quick to smile and chats leisurely, has been having a “crazy” time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world. Dr. Ramasamy delivering a lecture on vaccines ...

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