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Vitamin D Cut Risk of Flu

A new study indicates that Vitamin D may reduce the incidence and severity of influenza and other infections of the upper respiratory tract.  The researchers at Yale University School of Medicine followed 198 healthy adults during the fall and winter … Continue reading

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Calcium and Vitamin D Reduce Melanoma Risk in High-Risk Women

Researchers at Stanford have previous shown that mice lacking vitamin D receptors have more skin cancer.  In vitro studies have also shown that adding vitamin D to skin cancer cells sometimes reduces their growth.   Now, a new analysis suggests high-risk … Continue reading

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Low Levels of Vitamin D increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease

A new study conducted in Finland indicated that low level of vitamin D increases the risk of Parkinson disease.  This study was carried out among 3000 people in Finland, an area where sunlight exposure is limited and the population vitamin … Continue reading

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Low level of Vitamin D might cause Headache and Migraine

If you constantly experience headache or migraine, you might like to check your level of vitamin D level.  A presentation at the 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society (AHS) suggested patients with headache and migraine have low … Continue reading

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Normalized level of Vitamin-D cut the Risk of CVD and Death

You cut your risk of cardiovascular events by normalizing your vitamin-D level. A new study has found that people who has low vitamin-D levels but managed to normalize their levels were significantly less likely to develop cardiovascular events after six … Continue reading

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