Vitamin D Studies Show Promise for Reducing Cancers
Posted by Mikiko Murakami on Aug 12th, 2006
2006
Aug 12
By Dr. Alex Tran (ND)
Certain amounts of vitamin D may be able to prevent up to half of breast cancer cases and two-thirds of colorectal cancer cases in the United States, according to two studies by researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, and colleagues at other centers.In one study, the researchers reviewed two previous studies of 1,760 women and found that those with the highest blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, or 25(OH)D, had the lowest risk of breast cancer. Continue Reading »
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