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Estimates are that over 8 million Americans are living with psoriasis. Research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition: NUTRITION 2023 indicates that eating more foods that are rich in vitamin D or taking supplements could be of benefit to those with psoriasis, finding that vitamin D levels may have an …
An international team of researchers believes that this is the first analysis of vitamin D prevalence with COVID-19 infections and mortalities across Asia comprising 24 countries from the Middle East to South East Asia, linking vitamin D deficiency with higher COVID-19 infection and mortality in Asian countries. Vitamin D supplementation has been called for by …
According to research from the University of Chicago Medicine published in JAMA Open Network, having a more than sufficient vitamin D level may lower the risk of COVID-19 infection, especially for Black Americans. A report from the National Urban League suggests that Black Americans are infected with COVID-19 at nearly three times the rate as …
Research published in Critical Care Explorations from Lawson Health Research Institute has unravelled 2 mysteries of COVID-19 in two studies finding evidence for predicting how severe a patient’s illness will become and why some patients develop life-threatening blood clots. One study identified 6 molecules that according to the researchers can be used as biomarkers to …