Thursday, June 24, 2010

MEDICAL NEWS; Vitamin D for Childhood Asthma

Another Vitamin D Study. They seem endless. The public see them and so do natural retailers, which is good for both.

Insufficient vitamin D tied to severe asthma attacks

Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:28pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asthmatic children with relatively low vitamin D levels in their blood may have a greater risk of suffering severe asthma attacks than those with higher levels of the vitamin, a new study suggests.

The study, which followed more than 1,000 children with asthma for four years, found those with vitamin-D "insufficiency" at the outset were more likely to have an asthma attack that required a trip to the hospital.

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