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Dark Skin Diabetics and Vitamin D - many studies |
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14 Feb, 2025 |
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Prostate Cancer is associated with low vitamin D, blacks have 2X higher risk of PC death (no surprise) – Feb 2025 |
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08 Feb, 2025 |
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Hemorrhage after birth is 4X more likely if low vitamin D (dark skin, etc) – March 2022 |
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16 Dec, 2024 |
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Kamala Harris had a low level of Vitamin D - 22.2 ng - April 2024 |
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24 Oct, 2024 |
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Immigrants with darker skin often need vitamin D (clinical practice guidelines) – Oct 2024 |
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12 Oct, 2024 |
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Dark-skinned people have low vitamin D (Obese pregnant women in UK in this case) – Sept 2024 |
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25 Sep, 2024 |
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Dark-skinned people have low vitamin D (Obese pregnant women in UK in this case) – Sept 2024 |
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25 Sep, 2024 |
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UK vitamin D levels vs race and obesity (all less than 30 ng) – April 2024 |
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08 May, 2024 |
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Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies |
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17 Mar, 2024 |
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Predictors of low vitamin D: race, age, and BMI (confirmed now by Machine Learning) – Feb 2024 |
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07 Mar, 2024 |
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Sepsis mortality greater in Black than White children (low vitamin D) - Dec 2023 |
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03 Dec, 2023 |
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Preterm Birth 2.7X more likely if low vitamin D (dark skin in this case) - Nov 2023 |
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01 Nov, 2023 |
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Menopause is earlier in black women (low vitamin D) - Aug 2023 |
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25 Aug, 2023 |
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Low vitamin D while pregnant – a health emergency (Indonesia in this case) – meta-analysis May 2023 |
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06 Jun, 2023 |
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1 in 5 Canadians have inadequate Vitamin D (less than 16 ng), far more if dark skinned – Canada April 2023 |
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19 Apr, 2023 |
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African American Health Disparities are associated with low Vitamin D - Grant Feb 2021 |
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10 Dec, 2022 |
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Vitamin D and poor health of South Asians living in Britain – Oct 2022 |
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30 Oct, 2022 |
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US Vitamin D levels increased 2001-2018 – Oct 2022 |
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20 Oct, 2022 |
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Immune systems of overweight black women improved by monthly 60,000 IU Vitamin D – RCT Oct 2022 |
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14 Oct, 2022 |
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Prostate cancer patients in Jamaica were 5X more likely to die of PC if low vitamin D - Sept 2022 |
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01 Oct, 2022 |
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T1 Diabetes 6.5 X more likely in South African Blacks if poor Vitamin D Binding Protein – July 2022 |
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18 Jul, 2022 |
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Newly diagnosed Children with Cancer have low vitamin D, especially if black - May 2022 |
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16 Jun, 2022 |
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Vitamin D treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease: monthly better than daily – RCT May 2022 |
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10 Jun, 2022 |
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Cancer continues to be more deadly for Blacks than Whites (hint – low Vitamin D) – May 2022 |
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30 May, 2022 |
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Dark Skinned youths and vitamin D in Southern Canada - Dissertation 2011 |
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22 Apr, 2022 |
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Darker Skin Health Disparities might be eliminated by Vitamin D (no surprise) - April 2022 |
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10 Apr, 2022 |
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Cancer of breast is highest in dark-skinned women (low Vitamin D: dark skin and obese) - Feb 2022 |
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12 Feb, 2022 |
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Need 1 hour of noon sun to get Hijab women to 20 ng of Vitamin D (cloth) – June 2019 |
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10 Dec, 2021 |
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Less cognitive decline in older blacks getting 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily for years (VITAL, etc. post analysis) – RCT Dec 2021 |
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02 Dec, 2021 |
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26 health factors increase the risk of COVID-19 – all are proxies for low vitamin D |
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03 Nov, 2021 |
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2700 IU of vitamin D needed to get above 20 ng if dark-skinned and high latitude – Oct 2021 |
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27 Oct, 2021 |
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Cancers and Vitamin D Receptors, including change with race – Feb 2021 |
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24 Oct, 2021 |
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Sarcopenia with obesity is more likely if dark skin, diabetes, OR COPD (all associated with low vitamin D) |
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16 Oct, 2021 |
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Black obese children had low vitamin D and more fat under skin than whites – Mar 2011 |
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08 Oct, 2021 |
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Reasons for low response to vitamin D |
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22 Sep, 2021 |
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Skin scars (Keloids) more likely if low vitamin D, poor Vitamin D receptor, or dark skin – Aug 2021 |
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13 Sep, 2021 |
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Low vitamin D associated with increased COVID-19 risk (in this case black women 1.7X) – July 2021 |
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28 Jul, 2021 |
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Dark-skinned hunter-gatherers may generate 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily - June 2016 |
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23 Jul, 2021 |
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COVID-19 more frequent and deadly for those with dark skins (high risk of low vitamin D) |
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01 Apr, 2021 |
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Prefer 40 – 60 ng of Vitamin D to minimize COVID-19 – March 17, 2021 |
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20 Mar, 2021 |
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Eskimos evolved to get and limit Vitamin D from food |
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08 Mar, 2021 |
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Healthcare workers at higher risk of COVID-19 if low vitamin D, especially if dark skin – Dec 2020 |
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04 Feb, 2021 |
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Deaths after Cancer Surgery higher in blacks (probably low vitamin D) – Dec 2020 |
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10 Jan, 2021 |
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Shift workers 2X more likely to get COVID-19 (low Vitamin D) - Dec 2020 |
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19 Dec, 2020 |
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COVID-19 was killing dark-skinned doctors, then they got a Vitamin D recommendation |
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28 Oct, 2020 |
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COVID-19 antibodies 2.6 X more likely if had symptoms and low vitamin D (UK hospital staff)– Oct 5 2020 |
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11 Oct, 2020 |
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Vitamin D could knock out COVID-19 in 3 months – Dr. Matthews interview Oct 2020 |
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08 Oct, 2020 |
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Rate of COVID-19 test positive is 40 pcnt lower if high vitamin D (192,000 people) - Holick Sept 2020 |
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17 Sep, 2020 |
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Multiple Sclerosis 42X more likely if light brown skin and smoke (both associated with low vitamin D) – July 2020 |
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30 Jul, 2020 |
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Sickle cell Vitamin D deficiency corrected with 160 K IU loading dose – July 2014 |
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25 Jul, 2020 |
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People from the Indian continent living in the UK continue to have extremely low levels of Vitamin D – July 2020 |
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23 Jul, 2020 |
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Blacks die more often than whites of many diseases (they have less vitamin D) – 2012 |
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19 May, 2020 |
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COVID-19 is harder for those with dark skins - perhaps due to low vitamin D – April 24, 2020 |
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25 Apr, 2020 |
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Vitamin D Status May Help Explain Maternal Race and Ethnic Factors in Primary Cesarean Section Delivery – April 2020 |
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25 Apr, 2020 |
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97 percent of Native American children have less than 30 ng of vitamin D – Oct 2011 |
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10 Apr, 2020 |
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Sweat types, folate, binding protein, lighter skin in females and Vitamin D – Jan 2020 |
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19 Jan, 2020 |
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Low Vitamin D in Nordic countries – supplementation, fortification, only 20 ng – Jan 2020 |
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10 Jan, 2020 |
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Less response to 800 IU of Vitamin D by Africans than natives in Finland – RCT March 2018 |
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25 Dec, 2019 |
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Fair skin has lower vitamin D levels than dark skin – contrary to other studies – 2009 |
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04 Dec, 2019 |
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Nigerian albinos have vitamin D levels of 96 ng – Oct 2019 |
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02 Nov, 2019 |
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Vitality recaptured with Vitamin D (stories of Swedish immigrant women in this case) – Dec 2019 |
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14 Oct, 2019 |
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Children in India – 1 in 7 extremely low Vitamin D, 1 in 10 prediabetic – Sept 2019 |
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10 Oct, 2019 |
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Every single Taekwondo (indoor) Korean teen had low Vitamin D – Sept 2019 |
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14 Sep, 2019 |
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Urgency Urinary Incontinence in senior black women decreased 40 percent by weekly 50,000 IU vitamin D – RCT Dec 2018 |
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07 Jul, 2019 |
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Increased health problems in blacks is similar to that of low vitamin D whites (John Singleton Stroke) |
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13 Jun, 2019 |
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Lack of vitamin D closely associated with black health disparities – Nov 2010 |
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13 Jun, 2019 |
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10 health problems associated with Dark Skin (low vitamin D) |
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13 Jun, 2019 |
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Low vitamin D in pregnancy linked to potentially harmful vaginal bacteria in black women - May 2019 |
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05 Jun, 2019 |
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Vitamin D level of outdoor workers in India was only 18 ng– May 2019 |
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16 May, 2019 |
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Vitamin D, trauma, and blacks - Dr. Matthews interview with transcript - Jan 2019 |
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15 May, 2019 |
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The UVB–vitamin D3–pigment hypothesis is alive and well (behind short paywall) - Aug 2016 |
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24 Mar, 2019 |
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All preteen aged girls in India taking 2,000 IU of vitamin D got levels above 20 ng – RCT Nov 2018 |
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08 Mar, 2019 |
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Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D) – Feb 2019 |
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20 Feb, 2019 |
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African Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s (Vitamin D) |
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29 Jan, 2019 |
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The more the African Ancestry, the lower the vitamin D level – July 2010 |
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10 Jan, 2019 |
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Swedish TV Warns 'Dark-Skinned' People, Muslims of Vitamin D Deficiency - Dec 2018 |
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26 Dec, 2018 |
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Black infant recurrent wheezing rate dropped from 42 percent to 31 percent with just 400 IU of vitamin D – RCT Dec 2018 |
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06 Dec, 2018 |
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Physical performance of black senior women not improved with 30 ng of Vitamin D – RCT Nov 2018 |
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30 Nov, 2018 |
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Low birth weight far more likely if African-American (low vitamin D) – 1997, Aug 2018 |
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27 Nov, 2018 |
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Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (Wash D.C) invited Dr. Matthews to speak to them on Vitamin D – Sept 2018 |
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13 Sep, 2018 |
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International Conference of Vitamin D Fortification of Food (India) – Sept 2018 |
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02 Aug, 2018 |
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IQ levels around the world are falling (perhaps lower Vitamin D, Iodine, or Omega-3) |
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01 Aug, 2018 |
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Vitamin D needed for 12 ng in winter in Finland – Whites 320 IU, Blacks 720 IU – July 2018 |
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24 Jul, 2018 |
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Half of obese black teens achieved at least 30 ng of Vitamin D with 5,000 IU daily – June 2018 |
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10 Jul, 2018 |
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Blacks may not need as much Vitamin D (for their bones) |
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07 Jul, 2018 |
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Vitamin D should be an almost universal feature of the care of young adults with sickle cell disease – May 2018 |
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20 May, 2018 |
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Vitamin D paradox – Blacks need Vit D for health, but not as much D for strong bones – May 2018 |
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16 May, 2018 |
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Vitamin D Council vs FDA concerning vitamin D deficiency in blacks and others - June 2011 |
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13 May, 2018 |
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Stroke outcome 6.9 X worse if black and overweight (all three related via low vitamin D) – March 2018 |
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10 May, 2018 |
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Blacks are more obese, have lower Vitamin D, and have more Cancer etc. than whites – Feb 2018 |
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03 May, 2018 |
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Hypothesis: Blacks get more cancer than whites due to lower levels of vitamin D – June 2012 |
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03 May, 2018 |
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Depressed black pregnant women should take vitamin D – April 2018 |
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21 Apr, 2018 |
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Racial differences in health problems (premature births) disappeared when vitamin D levels were the same – April 2018 |
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18 Apr, 2018 |
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Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D |
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15 Mar, 2018 |
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Senior Blacks with low vitamin D were 2X more likely to experience cognitive decline 5 years later – March 2018 |
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06 Mar, 2018 |
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Rate of vitamin D supplementation by Blacks increases 16X after getting Multiple Sclerosis – Feb 2018 |
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23 Feb, 2018 |
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Sickle Cell clinical trial will inject 300,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT due 2020 |
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31 Jan, 2018 |
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Dark skin does not generate as much vitamin D from the same amount of UV – Nov 2011 |
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30 Dec, 2017 |
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10 reasons for poor response to Vitamin D (race, binding protein, etc.) – Nov 2017 |
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24 Dec, 2017 |
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Forearm fracture 3.5X more often in black children with low levels of vitamin D – Sept 2012 |
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22 Dec, 2017 |
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Bone loss during black pregnancies – 4000 IU of vitamin D was not enough – Dec 2017 |
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12 Dec, 2017 |
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Prostate Cancer risk in black men increased 2X having poor Vitamin D Binding Protein – July 2017 |
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20 Nov, 2017 |
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Hypertension not controlled by 26 ng of Vitamin D (50,000 IU bi-weekly A-A) – RCT Nov 2017 |
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18 Nov, 2017 |
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Breast cancer in blacks – 5X increased risk of triple negative if low vitamin D – Oct 2017 |
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01 Nov, 2017 |
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TB risk in Blacks increased 20 percent having poor Vitamin D Receptors – Sept 2017 |
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26 Oct, 2017 |
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ICU - lots of vitamin D in first week helped the dark skinned - April 2017 |
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10 Oct, 2017 |
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Hypertension is more likely in those with darker skins (low vitamin D) 2017 |
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30 Sep, 2017 |
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Diabetic blacks – 80 percent had low vitamin D (less than 20 ng) a decade before – Sept 2017 |
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13 Sep, 2017 |
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Black infants far less likely to be breast-fed (wonder – culture or low Vitamin D) – Aug 2017 |
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17 Aug, 2017 |
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Raised skin scars (keloid) have fewer Vitamin D Receptors – Aug 2017 |
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03 Aug, 2017 |
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Malay women 14 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient than Chinese in Malay – July 2017 |
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18 Jul, 2017 |
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Preterm birth more likely if dark skinned and low vitamin D (not white-skinned) – April 2017 |
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06 Jul, 2017 |
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Vitamin D needed to get children to just 20 ng in winter 800 IU white skin, 1100 IU dark (Sweden) – RCT June 2017 |
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16 Jun, 2017 |
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Rickets in Norway – 93 percent had darker skin (lower vitamin D) – May 2017 |
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31 May, 2017 |
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VA found less testing for vitamin D resulted in increased health costs – Jan 2012 |
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26 Apr, 2017 |
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Bibliography of Black-White health disparities linked to vitamin D - Dr. Grant March 2017 |
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20 Mar, 2017 |
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Dark skin pregnancies 2.6 times more likely to have low vitamin D – March 2017 |
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15 Mar, 2017 |
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Why India's vitamin D deficiency is grim - 40 pages Feb 2014 |
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07 Mar, 2017 |
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Prostate cancer in black men is 1.6 times more likely if a poor Vitamin D Receptor – Feb 2017 |
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06 Mar, 2017 |
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Overview Sickle Cell and Vitamin D |
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06 Mar, 2017 |
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Sickle Cell Anemia: 64 percent had less than 10ng of vitamin D – April 2012 |
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06 Mar, 2017 |
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The Evolution of Diverse Vitamin D Requirements – Masterjohn video Aug 2016 |
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18 Jan, 2017 |
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Many US kids have less than 40 ng of Vitamin D – 99 out of 100 blacks, 91 out of 100 whites – Jan 2017 |
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04 Jan, 2017 |
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Cardiovascular death reduction in dark skin migrants by just 1,000 IU of vitamin D – May 2015 |
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04 Jan, 2017 |
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Aggressive Prostate Cancer in blacks with low vitamin D – 7X more likely if added Calcium – Jan 2017 |
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28 Dec, 2016 |
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Obese diabetics with dark skins not benefit from 6,000 IU of vitamin D daily (no surprise) – RCT March 2015 |
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19 Dec, 2016 |
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Vitamin D Receptor genes bb and BB and Osteoporosis, esp. for blacks – meta-analysis Nov 2012 |
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05 Dec, 2016 |
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Head and Neck Cancer associated with low vitamin D, especially with blacks - April 2012 |
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17 Nov, 2016 |
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2X less prostate cancer in A-A with low Calcium is due vitamin D receptor gene – July 2013 |
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14 Nov, 2016 |
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Blacks with strokes having low Vitamin D were 3 times more likely to have cognitive impairment – Nov 2016 |
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05 Nov, 2016 |
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Low vitamin D 5 times more likely in poor and ethnic neighborhoods (than the best in Dublin) – Nov 2016 |
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03 Nov, 2016 |
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Vitamin D levels of East African tribes |
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02 Nov, 2016 |
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Lower vitamin D if born outside of Canada or lower education - April 2013 |
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02 Nov, 2016 |
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Traditionally living Africans have 46 ng vitamin D levels – Jan 2012 |
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02 Nov, 2016 |
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Ethnicity and low vitamin D levels during pregnancy – Jan 2016 |
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22 Oct, 2016 |
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14000 IU vitamin D (50000 twice a week) often stops Sickle Cell pain |
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15 Oct, 2016 |
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5,000 IU daily or 50,000 IU Vitamin D weekly repleted many dark skinned adolescents – RCT Dec 2015 |
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06 Aug, 2016 |
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Do blacks have a 5 year life penalty due to low vitamin D |
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18 Jul, 2016 |
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Differences in black and non-black mortality and vitamin D – Oct 2012 |
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18 Jul, 2016 |
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Higher rate of prostate cancer in AA may decrease if take vitamin D – July 2016 |
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07 Jul, 2016 |
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Striking ethnic health disparity – blacks dying due to lack of vitamin D – Nov 2011 |
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22 Jun, 2016 |
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Sickle cell and low vitamin D – 3 presentations Dec 2012 |
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11 Jun, 2016 |
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Premature birth and infant mortality worse if dark skin (low vitamin D) - 2015 |
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07 Jun, 2016 |
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Small for gestational age with low vitamin D – 3.6X higher for blacks than whites – April 2016 |
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21 Apr, 2016 |
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Autism with intellectual disability 2.5 times more likely if low vitamin D during pregnancy – April 2016 |
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12 Apr, 2016 |
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Sickle Cell children need more than 7,000 IU of vitamin D daily – May 2015 |
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06 Apr, 2016 |
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Chart of Vitamin D levels vs race - April 2013 |
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02 Apr, 2016 |
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Increase in Vitamin D deficiency with weight and skin darkness – chart – March 2016 |
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10 Mar, 2016 |
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Vitamin D-binding protein and vitamin D status of black Americans and white Americans – Nov 2013 |
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31 Dec, 2015 |
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Bioavailable Vitamin D is the same blacks and whites, but measured vit D is not – Oct 2014 |
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31 Dec, 2015 |
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Dr. Holick video on vitamin D - March 2013 |
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27 Dec, 2015 |
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Black infants had far lower vitamin D levels which did not vary with season – Jan 2013 |
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26 Nov, 2015 |
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Diabetes is associated with low vitamin D in various races, but not blacks – Sept 2015 |
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20 Sep, 2015 |
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Inflammation Anemia in Blacks 8X more likely if less than 20 ng of vitamin D – April 2015 |
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22 Aug, 2015 |
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African-Americans with poor sleep have lower levels of vitamin D – Aug 2015 |
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18 Aug, 2015 |
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Migrants from Middle East are slightly more vitamin D deficient than those from Africa - meta-analysis Aug 2015 |
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11 Aug, 2015 |
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Prostate Cancer incidence and death 2X more often among black men (vitamin D not mentioned) - July 2015 |
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30 Jul, 2015 |
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Monthly vitamin D (120,000 IU) got most overweight African Americans about 35 ng – RCT July 2015 |
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05 Jul, 2015 |
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Hyperglycemia in black veterans is associated with low vitamin D – Nov 2012 |
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01 Jul, 2015 |
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Diabetes (Type 1) 14X more likely in dark skin children with low levels of vitamin D – May 2015 |
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28 May, 2015 |
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The darker the child’s skin, the lower the vitamin D level (Spain) – March 2014 |
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25 May, 2015 |
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Kidney Cancer differences with skin color probably due to vitamin D differences – May 2015 |
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25 May, 2015 |
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African immigrants: half are vitamin D deficient (based on Caucasian measures) – May 2015 |
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24 May, 2015 |
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Suicide rate among Native American teens increasing (yet no mention of low vitamin D) – May 2015 |
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01 May, 2015 |
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Avoiding the sun (and vitamin D) – most Chinese medical students do not want darker skins – Feb 2015 |
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30 Apr, 2015 |
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Diabetic glycation control is inversely related to Vitamin D in India – Feb 2015 |
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22 Apr, 2015 |
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Dark skinned NCAA basketball players were 15X more likely to have low vitamin D – Feb 2014 |
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28 Mar, 2015 |
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NCAA athletes – one third had low levels of vitamin D, 19X more likely if black race – March 2015 |
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28 Mar, 2015 |
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Pain following auto accident is worse if low vitamin D (for African Americans) – April 2015 |
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27 Mar, 2015 |
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Telomeres improved when obese blacks took 2000 IU of vitamin D daily – Oct 2011 |
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25 Mar, 2015 |
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Blacks have 4X more Kidney disease than whites – probably due to low vitamin D – March 2015 |
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19 Mar, 2015 |
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Sleep disorder and nonspecific pain implies low vitamin D, especially if dark skin – March 2013 |
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07 Mar, 2015 |
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Another urban area in a sunny climate is vitamin D deficient – Bangkok Nov 2011 |
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04 Mar, 2015 |
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Blacks have lower vitamin D levels, but OK active vitamin D levels (VDBP) - Feb 2015 |
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26 Feb, 2015 |
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Darker skin smokers have lower levels of vitamin D – Feb 2015 |
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14 Feb, 2015 |
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Virtually all young Koreans had less than 30 ng of vitamin D – 2012 |
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23 Jan, 2015 |
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Type I diabetes in dark skin children associated with low vitamin D if far from equator – Jan 2015 |
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22 Jan, 2015 |
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Black prisoners have lower vitamin D than whites in maximum security – March 2014 |
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02 Jan, 2015 |
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Types of vitamin D, African American teenage girls, and measures of heart fitness – Dec 2014 |
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28 Dec, 2014 |
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Anemia associated with lower than 20 ng vitamin D among elderly – Jan 2011 |
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15 Dec, 2014 |
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Blacks have low vitamin D and have 50 percent more kidney failure – Sept 2011 |
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09 Dec, 2014 |
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African Americans need vitamin D intervention as well as education – Dec 2014 |
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07 Dec, 2014 |
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Type 1 Diabetes associated with low vitamin D, especially in dark skinned youths – Dec 2012 |
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06 Dec, 2014 |
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The darker the skin, the lower the level of vitamin D – even in tropical Malaysia – Nov 2014 |
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26 Nov, 2014 |
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Skin color and vitamin D – Jablonski – Spring 2012 |
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26 Nov, 2014 |
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Dark skinned children were vitamin D deficient in Italy (not infants) – Nov 2014 |
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16 Nov, 2014 |
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Metabolites of pregnant blacks vary with vitamin D level – Nov 2014 |
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05 Nov, 2014 |
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Dark skinned in Norway: 1000 IU vitamin D not enough to reduce pain – RCT Sept 2014 |
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28 Sep, 2014 |
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Diabetic neuropathy and low vitamin D, especially in blacks - July 2011 |
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26 Sep, 2014 |
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Pregnant blacks 50 pcnt more likely to be depressed if 3 ng less vitamin D – July 2012 |
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23 Sep, 2014 |
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150,000 IU vitamin D reduced pain in immigrants – RCT Dec 2012 |
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17 Sep, 2014 |
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HIV – lower vitamin D if Black, higher if PI monotherapy – Oct 2013 |
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03 Sep, 2014 |
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Little variation in vitamin D levels with skin color in Brazil – July 2014 |
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25 Aug, 2014 |
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Darker skins generated much less vitamin D from a single UVB dose – Nov 2013 |
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25 Aug, 2014 |
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Bariatric surgery less than 30 ng of vitamin D – 82 pcnt teens, 100 pcnt of black teens – June 2012 |
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25 Aug, 2014 |
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Vitamin D levels lower during darker skin pregnancy, but bone density is OK – Dec 2013 |
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12 Aug, 2014 |
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Cancer patients at high risk of vitamin D deficiency were not tested as often (paradoxically) – July 2014 |
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12 Aug, 2014 |
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PSA levels in blacks were not changed by 3 months of 4,000 IU of vitamin D (not enough) – June 2014 |
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02 Aug, 2014 |
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Vitamin D levels of blacks are lower and more skewed (non gausian) the further from equator – July 2014 |
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22 Jul, 2014 |
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Dark skinned pregnant women far from equator were very vitamin D deficient – Sept 2012 |
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22 May, 2014 |
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Colon cancer more likely in blacks due to differences in Vitamin D genes (wonder if more Vitamin D would help) – May 2014 |
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21 May, 2014 |
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Bone density does not decrease with lower vitamin D levels in blacks as it does in whites – April 2014 |
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11 May, 2014 |
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Blacks had lower vitamin D and more quantifiable pain than whites with knee osteoarthritis – Nov 2012 |
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11 May, 2014 |
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Similar response to Vitamin D supplements by senior white and black women – Feb 2013 |
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08 May, 2014 |
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Infertility rate is 2X higher for blacks than whites (no mention of vitamin D, nor the man) – April 2014 |
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26 Apr, 2014 |
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Vitamin D and fertility and birth problems with dark skin – Jan 2011 |
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19 Apr, 2014 |
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Australia – 25 percent of whites have less than 20 ng of vitamin D – April 2014 |
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18 Apr, 2014 |
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Race, immunity, and levels of vitamin D - April 2014 |
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15 Apr, 2014 |
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Barefoot on mega doses of vitamin D and his book on Cancer |
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10 Apr, 2014 |
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Vitamin D levels dropped after training for white, but not black females April 2010 |
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11 Mar, 2014 |
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Lung capacity (Vo2max) reduced in senior African American women with low vitamin D – Feb 2014 |
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05 Mar, 2014 |
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Rickets in 30 percent of infants in India who had low vitamin D – March 2011 |
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22 Feb, 2014 |
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Half of the US will be people of color – wonder how many will be vitamin D deficient |
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26 Jan, 2014 |
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Many healthy African Americans got above 33 ng with 4,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT March 2014 |
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25 Dec, 2013 |
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Inflammation in African Americans not reduced with 3 months of 4000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Dec 2013 |
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25 Dec, 2013 |
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Extra 4,000 IU daily raised the vitamin D levels of blacks to that of whites – July 2012 |
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25 Dec, 2013 |
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78 percent of pregnant immigrants in Sweden had less than 10 ng low vitamin D – Nov 2013 |
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18 Nov, 2013 |
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Skin cancer risk and vitamin D from sun both decrease with darker skin – March 2013 |
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10 Nov, 2013 |
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Depression in pregnant blacks strongly associated to vitamin D levels – Nov 2012 |
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09 Nov, 2013 |
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Psychosis in dark skinned people 3.5 X higher if low level of vitamin D – May 2012 |
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15 Oct, 2013 |
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Another indiction that lower level of vitamin D are OK in blacks – Anemia Oct 2013 |
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13 Oct, 2013 |
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Vitamin D deficiency diseases in dark skinned people living far from equator – Meta-analysis Oct 2013 |
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13 Oct, 2013 |
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Review of Vitamin D Deficiencies in developing countries - Oct 2011 |
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03 Oct, 2013 |
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Graphs of diseases vs vitamin D levels - and D3 vs D2- April 2011 |
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02 Oct, 2013 |
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Multiple Sclerosis: high incidence in black women than whites (perhaps vitamin D) – May 2013 |
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30 Sep, 2013 |
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80 percent of South Asian Women in UK had less than 10 ng of vitamin D in winter – April 2012 |
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14 Aug, 2013 |
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28 pct of dark skinned people in UK not heard of vitamin D and 54 pct not know symptoms – Jan 2012 |
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01 Aug, 2013 |
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Virtually all black dialysis patients with low albumin are vitamin D deficient in the winter – Mar 2010 |
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23 Jul, 2013 |
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Race vs vitamin D level - Veith May 2011 |
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15 Jul, 2013 |
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Hypothesis: Vitamin D is related to breast cancer racial disparities in the US - Sept 2012 |
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08 Jul, 2013 |
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Tuberculosis, ethnic differences, and vitamin D – July 2013 |
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05 Jul, 2013 |
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Breastfed Infants in Iowa got very little vitamin D, especially if winter or dark skin – July 2013 |
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05 Jul, 2013 |
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Lupus in blacks associated with low vitamin D AND short telomeres – May 2013 |
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25 May, 2013 |
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Most immigrant women in Sweden had little vitamin D and lots of muscle pain – May 2013 |
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22 May, 2013 |
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Genes in white blood cells of blacks associated with vitamin D deficiency – May 2013 |
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24 Apr, 2013 |
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Vitamin D accounts for 25 percent of the racial differences in blood pressure – Oct 2011 |
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22 Apr, 2013 |
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Black women and vitamin D: Nigeria 26 ng, Chicago 12 ng – April 2013 |
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06 Apr, 2013 |
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Vitamin D and Inuit (dark skin) – April 2012 |
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26 Mar, 2013 |
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Low Vitamin D with dark skin, even if live closer to equator and higher altitude – Feb 2013 |
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20 Mar, 2013 |
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Immigrants and refugees had lower vitamin D levels – Jan 2013 |
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13 Mar, 2013 |
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Low vitamin D increases risk of cardiovascular disease in African Americans – 2011 |
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21 Jan, 2013 |
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Low vitamin D is a risk factor for vascular diseases in African Americans - Aug 2012 |
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21 Jan, 2013 |
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Vitamin D different relationship between whites and blacks for bone and plaque – June 2012 |
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09 Jan, 2013 |
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98 percent of black women had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – July 2012 |
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27 Dec, 2012 |
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73 percent of Australians had too little vitamin D – Dec 2011 |
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06 Dec, 2012 |
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5 out of 6 UK dark skinned kids who were vitamin D deficient had no symptoms – May 2012 |
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13 Nov, 2012 |
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Immigrant vitamin D deficiency in Europe – May 2011 |
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12 Nov, 2012 |
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50000 IU vitamin D2 weekly helped blacks with heart problems – Feb 2011 |
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10 Nov, 2012 |
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Studies linked low vitamin D and dark skin to Obesity, Diabetes, and heart – June 2011 |
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10 Nov, 2012 |
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Very low vitamin D for first pregnancies and those with dark skin – Jan 2011 |
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09 Nov, 2012 |
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CDC vitamin D statistics for women: including blacks and high BMI – March 2012 |
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03 Nov, 2012 |
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IBD surgery 5X more likely for non-caucasians with low vitamin D – Oct 2012 |
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03 Nov, 2012 |
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Blacks with HIV were 3.5X more likely to be vitamin D deficient than whites – May 2012 |
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26 Oct, 2012 |
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Genetic differences explain some of vitamin D variation in African-Americans Dec 2011 |
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08 Oct, 2012 |
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Vitamin D insufficiency in UK youths – 37X more likely if dark skin – July 2011 |
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26 Sep, 2012 |
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Dark skin people in Norway 2X more deficient and have 3X more headaches if low on vitamin D – July 2010 |
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15 Sep, 2012 |
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Canadian Vitamin D deficiency – May 2011 |
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03 Sep, 2012 |
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Twice as many fatal strokes among whites who were low on vitamin D – Jan 2012 |
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26 Aug, 2012 |
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83 percent of children had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – 15 ng avg for hispanic – Aug 2012 |
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04 Aug, 2012 |
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Vitamin D Helps Atlanta High School Athletes - Feb 2012 |
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23 Jul, 2012 |
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2X more people have less than 30 ng of vitamin D in a decade – Feb 2010 |
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20 Jul, 2012 |
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Hypothesis that lack of vitamin D increases blood pressure in blacks – July 2010 |
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26 Jun, 2012 |
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To increase vitamin D levels in children need 1000 or 2000 IU – June 2010 |
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25 Jun, 2012 |
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Dark Skinned babies probably need vitamin D to prevent nutritional rickets - 2001 |
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25 Jun, 2012 |
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CDC Nutrients: 30 percent dark skinned have less than 20 ng of vitamin D - March 2012 |
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24 Jun, 2012 |
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CVD deaths related to low vitamin D, especially in people with dark skin – 2010 |
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23 Jun, 2012 |
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Seniors in North Indian: half have sore bones, 98 pcnt have less than 30 ng vitamin D – Nov 2011 |
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24 May, 2012 |
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Diabetics with darker skin were more vitamin D deficient – May 2012 |
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17 May, 2012 |
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Hispanics with MS had lower levels of vitamin D which did not vary seasonally – May 2012 |
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17 May, 2012 |
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79 percent of TB in East London less 20 ng vitamin D - April 2012 |
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04 May, 2012 |
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Crohn’s Disease strongly associated with low vitamin D in South Asians – March 2012 |
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29 Mar, 2012 |
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Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among asthmatic African-Americans – Aug 2010 |
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17 Mar, 2012 |
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20 ng of vitamin D is enough for African American PTH – Dec 2011 |
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09 Mar, 2012 |
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Africans in Europe might only need 19 ng of vitamin D – estimated from PTH July 2011 |
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09 Mar, 2012 |
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Perhaps optimal bioavailable vitamin D level is the same in blacks and whites – March 2012 |
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09 Mar, 2012 |
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Mayo clinic providing free vitamin D tests for blacks in Florida – Feb 2012 |
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01 Mar, 2012 |
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Low vitamin D associated with obesity-related diseases for ethnic minorities – Sept 2011 |
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18 Feb, 2012 |
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First vitamin D book for blacks – 2011 |
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05 Feb, 2012 |
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Hypothesis: Vitamin D will decrease CVD and diabetes in African Americans – May 2011 |
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27 Jan, 2012 |
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Black veterans have worse health and low vitamin D, yet are not tested as much – June 2011 |
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11 Jan, 2012 |
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Blacks living in urban area vs rural have less vitamin D if older than 50 – Oct 2011 |
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31 Dec, 2011 |
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Even in Sunny Areas, Vitamin D Intake Often Too Low - May 2010 |
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25 Dec, 2011 |
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88 percent of African immigrants to Melborne had less than 20 ng of vitamin D |
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23 Dec, 2011 |
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Dark skinned obese not helped much by weekly 50000 IU dose of vitamin D – May 2011 |
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23 Dec, 2011 |
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42 percent of US adults less than 20 ng of vitamin D and 82 percent of blacks – Jan 2011 |
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23 Dec, 2011 |
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Blacks may need less vitamin D than whites – PTH Aug 2010 |
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23 Dec, 2011 |
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Improved blood flow in blacks with just 2000 IU of vitamin D – Feb 2011 |
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22 Nov, 2011 |
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Low vitamin D before orthopedic surgery – dark skin 5X more likely – Oct 2010 |
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18 Nov, 2011 |
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Majority of blacks on dialysis were vitamin D deficient - March 2010 |
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12 Nov, 2011 |
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Diseases of obesity strongly associated with vitamin D deficiency in ethnic minorities – Sept 2011 |
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04 Nov, 2011 |
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Black seniors near equator: increased vitamin D decreases bone density – Sept 2011 |
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05 Oct, 2011 |
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Blacks have more pre-term births due to low nutrients such as vitamin D – Sept 2011 |
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14 Sep, 2011 |
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Black women lacking Calcium and Vitamin D weighed more – Aug 2011 |
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21 Aug, 2011 |
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Hypothesis - 40 ng is enough vitamin D if high latitude or dark skin |
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02 Jul, 2011 |
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Dark skinned Caribbean seniors have enough vitamin D – April 2011 |
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02 Jul, 2011 |
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Blacks not taking mulitvitamins were 5X more likely to be vitamin D insufficient– June 2011 |
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29 Jun, 2011 |
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Blacks and whites may need different levels of vitamin D etc – Sept 2010 |
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25 May, 2011 |
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Vitamin D blood levels vary with estimated amount of African Ancestry – Sept 2010 |
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25 May, 2011 |
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30 percent of US had less than 20 ng of vitamin D - CDC March 2011 |
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31 Mar, 2011 |
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Vitamin D levels in Israel vs skin type and age – Mar 2011 |
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19 Mar, 2011 |
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Not yet certain that vitamin D reduces cardiovascular and diabetes in blacks – Mar 2011 |
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13 Mar, 2011 |
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Red Alert – one in three pre-teens in Tehran had less than 5 ng of vitamin D – Feb 2011 |
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02 Mar, 2011 |
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South African white children 48 ng vitamin D – black 37 ng – Feb 2011 |
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31 Jan, 2011 |
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Vitamin D bed used 4 minutes daily by dark skin members of UK sports team – Jan 2011 |
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22 Jan, 2011 |
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Calcium with Vitamin D2 then D3 helps A-A after heart failure – Jan 2011 |
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18 Jan, 2011 |
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86 percent with TB did not have 30 ng of vitamin D and many were black – Sept 2010 |
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01 Jan, 2011 |
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Blacks are still not getting enough vitamin D – Dec 2010 |
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16 Dec, 2010 |
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2000 IU raised black teens vitamin D level to 34 ng and they lost fat – Oct 2010 |
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20 Nov, 2010 |
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Vitamin D deficiency and insulin insensitivity in African Americans - 2010 |
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05 Nov, 2010 |
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Race CVD and Vitamin D - Newsletter Mar 2010 |
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05 Nov, 2010 |
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Blacks similar to elderly in vitamin D status – Dec 2008 |
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26 Oct, 2010 |
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Low vitamin D in blacks increases colorectal cancer deaths 40 percent – Cancer Oct 2010 |
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23 Oct, 2010 |
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80 year old blacks 3X more likely to be low on vitamin D than whites – Dec 2008 |
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21 Oct, 2010 |
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Skin color and clothing but not sunscreens reduce vitamin D – Oct 2010 |
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16 Oct, 2010 |
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Pregnant women vitamin D insuficiency Black 97 Hispanic 81 White 67 percent – July 2010 |
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30 Sep, 2010 |
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97 percent of pregnant Blacks had less than 32 ng of vitamin D - 2010 |
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10 Sep, 2010 |
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White children in Johannesburg do not need vitamin D supplements – Sept 2010 |
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03 Sep, 2010 |
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800 IU Vitamin D better than sunlight for non-western immigrants – Aug 2010 |
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30 Aug, 2010 |
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Elderly black women had low vitamin D which did not increase in the summer – Jan 2010 |
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30 Aug, 2010 |
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Aortas of 16 year old blacks helped by 2000 IU of vitamin D – July 2010 |
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28 Jul, 2010 |
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Will doses of vitamin D up to 6000 IU reduce osteoporosis in black women - July 2010 |
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08 Jul, 2010 |
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Vitamin D and multiracial teens in US – March 2009 |
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04 Jul, 2010 |
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Low vitamin D among black teens – March 2009 |
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04 Jul, 2010 |
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Vitamin D3 in obese and non obese African American children – 2008 |
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04 Jul, 2010 |
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Large increase in dark skin children with vitamin D deficiency in Glasgow – June 2010 |
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02 Jul, 2010 |
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Low vitamin D in teens: especially black or overweight – June 2010 |
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30 Jun, 2010 |
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Women with lighter skin had on average 4 ng less vitamin D in their blood – 2009 |
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19 Jun, 2010 |
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Insulin resistance correlated with low vitamin D levels in Arab Americans – June 2010 |
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09 Jun, 2010 |
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Epigenetics and vitamin D – June 2010 clips from the web |
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05 Jun, 2010 |
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Low vitamin D in minority children |
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02 May, 2010 |
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Skin color resulted in lower vitamin D levels in Florida - April 2010 |
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30 Apr, 2010 |