Vitamin D deficiency may reduce pregnancy rate in women undergoing IVF

Friday, August 15, 2014 - 13:31 in Health & Medicine

Women with a vitamin D deficiency were nearly half as likely to conceive through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as women who had sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a new study. Long known for its role in bone health, vitamin D is a steroid hormone that is emerging as a factor in fertility.

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