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Low vitamin D levels linked to increased disease disability in optic nerve damage

vcpost2014-09-22T07:01:24+00:00A new study has found that patients with neuromyelitis optica have lower vitamin D levels than healthy controls and that low vitamin D levels are associated with an increase in disease related disability. Neuromyelitis otpica (NMO) is a medical condition in which the optic nerve and...

Available sunlight may relate to risk of common digestive disease

vcpost2025-02-18T11:42:47+00:00New research published in JAMA Surgery reports an increased risk for diverticulitis and associated complications in regions with low ultraviolet light. Diverticulitis is a common disease in which small pouches that form in a process known as diverticulosis, typically on the walls of the large intestine,...

Most Robust Study of Its Kind’ Confirms Link Between Low Vitamin D and Dementia

vcpost2025-02-18T11:42:49+00:00The link between low vitamin D and dementia has again been confirmed with the publication of a robust six-year long study4 conducted by an international team of researchers. As reported by Science Daily:5 “[S]tudy participants who were severely vitamin D deficient were more than twice as...