Health News from Medical News Today: Link Between Low Vitamin D Levels And Multiple Sclerosis Risk For African Americans

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Link Between Low Vitamin D Levels And Multiple Sclerosis Risk For African Americans 30 May 2011, 8:00 am In the first major study exploring the connection between vitamin D and multiple sclerosis in African Americans, a team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered that vitamin D levels in the blood are lower in African Americans who have the disease, compared to African Americans who do not. "It seems relatively clear," said Ari Green, who is the assistant director of the UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Center, director of the UCSF Neurodiagnostics Center and the senior author on the study. "Low vitamin D levels are a risk factor for developing multiple sclerosis... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.