Could vitamin D supplements help improve outcomes for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)?

Using 20 years of real-world data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, NIH-supported researchers found that people with IBD who took vitamin D supplements had fewer IBD-related emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and steroid prescriptions.

The findings support current recommendations to screen patients with IBD for vitamin D deficiency and consider supplementation when appropriate: https://bit.ly/4xNiuqv