Wednesday, June 23, 2010

MEDICAL NEWS; Another Vitamin D Boosts Immunity Study

I was at a hospital yesterday that was plastered with signs warning of nosocominal infections. Then I read this study, which is representative of many others. What happened to 'evidence-based' medicine?

Foodconsumer.com

New Evidence: Vitamin D Prevents Flu

A new study published in the peer-reviewed open access journal PloS ONE has confirmed that maintaining high levels of serum vitamin D prevents flu and other respiratory tract infections.

The study showed that men and women who had high levels of vitamin D in their blood were much less likely to acquire respiratory tract infections.

Read the original article here

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