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Lack of Sunshine Vitamin May Cloud Survival Odds

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Posted: Tue., June 24, 2008, 07:45 am
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Topics: Bones & Joints, Osteoarthritis, Causes, death, Definition, Diagnosis, good health, sunshine, Vitamin D, News
     

CHICAGO - New research linking low vitamin D levels with deaths from heart disease and other causes bolsters mounting evidence about the "sunshine" vitamin's role in good health.

Patients with the lowest blood levels of vitamin D were about two times more likely to die from any cause during the next eight years than those with the highest levels, the study found. The link with heart-related deaths was particularly strong in those with low vitamin D levels.

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