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# Vitamin D Association May Conferences (PR)
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/vitamin_d_association_may_conferences_0503110703/
- Published: 2011-05-03T20:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T13:14:34.000Z
- Description: An announcement of two May conferences in London hosted by the UK's Vitamin D Association and aimed at medical professionals, one covering vitamin D in pregnancy and childbirth.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Vitamins, Nutrition, Vitamin D, #vivvo-import

**NOTE:** This announcement is from the UK's Vitamin D Association. Vitamin D Council is not involved with these conferences, we are merely the messenger. Please direct all questions to the Vitamin D Association (contact info on left sidebar).

# Vitamin D Association May Conferences

May 17th and 18th - London, England

We have two vitamin D conferences this month that should be of interest to you and your colleagues. Although anyone who wishes to attend is more than welcome, these two conferences are aimed at those in the medical profession. We ask that you please forward this announcement to any medical professionals who might be interested. Thank you.

  
**Vitamin D & Obstetrics – Improving Pregnancy & Childbirth**

**May 17**  
  
Some of the world’s foremost experts will show the strong evidence that higher levels of Vitamin D lead to easier conception, easier pregnancy, less gestational diabetes, less pre-eclampsia, reduced risk of emergency C- sections and an easier delivery, followed by less depression in the mother and a larger, healthier baby. There is also evidence that the risk of Type-1 Diabetes in the child is reduced and that the child will have stronger bones and teeth.  
  
Professor Bruce Hollis will discuss findings from his recent Trials on vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy and breastfeeding. He is the director of Paediatric Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina and has studied vitamin D metabolism and nutrition for the past 35 years. He has published significant scientific papers on the biomarkers of Vitamin D in the body as they relate to a number of illnesses  
  
Professor Reinhold Vieth is Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada. His current research focuses on the roles played by vitamin D in many illnesses and especially gestational diabetes, plus toxicity and safe blood serum levels.  
  
Professor Hollis and Professor Vieth will release findings of their recent work on what mothers and health professionals need to know about vitamin D – information that they hope will help clarify new guidelines for safe sun exposure, supplementation and suitable dietary sources of vitamin D.  
  
**More at:** [www.vitamindassociation.org/events](http://www.vitamindassociation.org/events.html?ref=foodconsumer.org)  
**Email:** [info@vitamindassociation.org](mailto:info@vitamindassociation.org)  
**Any questions to:** Rufus Greenbaum on [+44 20 3286 1284](tel:%2B44%2020%203286%201284)  
  
  
**Vitamin D & Cancer – Treatment & Prevention**  

**May 18**  
  
Long-term Vitamin D deficiency is associated with many cancers, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, insulin resistance, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory infections, muscle weakness, mood and cognitive function and infectious diseases such as influenza.  
  
There is strong evidence that high levels of Vitamin D both help the body recover from cancer and also play a major part in preventing cancer.  
  
Professor Joan Lappe is Professor of medicine at Creighton University in USA. She will report on the results of a major Level 1 Randomised Controlled Trial that showed the preventive actions of Vitamin D and calcium against cancer.  
  
Dr. Enikö Kállay will provide report about the latest genetic tests for diagnosis and treatment of cancer. She is Assistant Professor at the Medical University of Vienna, Department of Patho-physiology and Allergy Research, where she studies the role of Vitamin D and dietary calcium in the prevention and pathogenesis of colorectal cancer, with special emphasis on the CYP24 gene.  
  
**More at:** [www.vitamindassociation.org/events](http://www.vitamindassociation.org/events.html?ref=foodconsumer.org)  
**Email:** [info@vitamindassociation.org](mailto:info@vitamindassociation.org)  
**Any questions to:** Rufus Greenbaum on [+44 20 3286 1284](tel:%2B44%2020%203286%201284)  
  
If you cannot attend, please inform all your medical colleagues who may be interested in these important subjects.

From Vitamin D Council