Examining the Power of Vitamin D for Multiple Sclerosis and other diseases
Posted Jan 14 2009 8:24pm
In power of vitamin D, hope for a new disease fighter by Carol Ann Campbell/ The Star-Ledger
Monday July 14, 2008, 4:39 AM
In a Newark laboratory, researchers watch as mice stricken with multiple sclerosis suddenly walk. They peer into microscopes and see the growth of breast cancer cells dramatically slowed.
They are examining, up close, the power of vitamin D.
"We're believers," said Sylvia Christakos, a longtime vitamin researcher at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
Many others are following. A spate of provocative studies shows the potential health benefits of vitamin D on everything from breast, prostate and colon cancer to auto- immune disorders such as Type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and multiple sclerosis.
by Carol Ann Campbell/ The Star-Ledger
Monday July 14, 2008, 4:39 AM
In a Newark laboratory, researchers watch as mice stricken with multiple sclerosis suddenly walk. They peer into microscopes and see the growth of breast cancer cells dramatically slowed.
They are examining, up close, the power of vitamin D.
"We're believers," said Sylvia Christakos, a longtime vitamin researcher at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
Many others are following. A spate of provocative studies shows the potential health benefits of vitamin D on everything from breast, prostate and colon cancer to auto- immune disorders such as Type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and multiple sclerosis.
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