[neverdem]

This is not the end of the list, though. The big killers and most expensive diseases respond similarly to adequate D. I’m talking about hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. So do type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes (to a lesser extent), rheumatoid arthritis, peripheral vascular disease, multiple sclerosis, dementia, autoimmune diseases, and apparently even viral diseases such as H1N1 and AIDS.

From page 3 of 4, stem cells were mentioned on page 2. This is one of those stories that I think everyone should read, IMHO.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

BTTT

[Lancey Howard]

Thanks for the ping!

[tioga]

Very interesting article. I now feel justified in soaking up the sun in my pool each summer. Thanks.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Having spent half of the day in a dermatological surgeon’s office having a basal cell carcinoma removed for a second time - an affliction reputedly brought on by “too much sunlight” - I’m afraid I’m having considerable trouble trying to determine the appropriate balance of sun exposure/avoidance......

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping... (thanks, neverdem!)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Lady Jag]

RA

[Carry_Okie]

After finishing my most recent book, I was definitely showing signs of D3 deficiency. I had pit edema in my legs, high blood pressure, pre-diabetis sugar levels, severe chronic back pain, and had gained twenty pounds. Within three weeks of getting back to working outside (shirt off), virtually all of those symptoms were gone. I don't think I can explain that by exercise alone.

[cyborg]

Some of my coworkers think I’m crazy for wanting routine vitamin D levels on all nursing home residents. They don’t get any sun, no fresh air,etc.

[LadyDoc]

I wouldn’t go overboard.

There is a statistical correlation but not a cause and effect correlation.
They might find that when you are sick, your vitamin D level goes down because you are sick, not that Vitamin D prevents the disease.

If there were, all those tanned ladies in Southern California would live to be 90...