Overview MS and vitamin D MS reversed in Brazil
Coimbra Protocol in Spanish: MS and Autoimmune
MS etc, has been increasing
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The rising prevalence and changing age distribution of multiple sclerosis in Manitoba: Neurology 2010
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181cf6ec0
- Important study: Google Scholar found 279 references to the study as of May 2023
- Incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Europe: a systematic review Sept 2013 free PDF online
- Incidence and Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in the Americas: A Systematic Review March 2013
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13 Meta-Analyses of MS 18 MS Intervention studies - Most-visited 20 pages in Multiple Sclerosis
21 MS articles are also in Genetics category 11 MS articles also in Vitamin D Receptor category 7 articles in both of the categories MS and Vitamin D Binding Protein 21 articles in both of the categories MS and UV - All
399 MS articles - MS associations with: Autoimmune 33; UV 21; Genetics 20; Intervention 18; Parkinson 15; High-Dose 15; Cognitive 14; Pregnancy 11; Receptor 10; Lupus 9; RA 9; Omega 9; Virus 9; Immunity 7; Psoriasis 7; Diabetes 6; Gut 6 etc.
13 Meta-Analyses of MS - Multiple Sclerosis 2X-3X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Meta-analysis Feb 2020
- Multiple Sclerosis: 10 percent fewer relapses for each 10 ng higher level of vitamin D – Meta-analysis April 2020
- Multiple Sclerosis 40 percent more likely if mother had low vitamin D – meta-analysis Jan 2020
- Risk of Multiple Sclerosis varies with the Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis Dec 2019
- MS not treated by Vitamin D (a few old studies using small doses) – Meta-analysis July 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis treated when use high doses of vitamin D – meta-analysis May 2018
- Fewer Multiple Sclerosis lesions when supplemented with Vitamin D – meta-analysis May 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis and small doses of Vitamin D – meta-review March 2016
- Multiple sclerosis patients have 15 ng lower levels of vitamin D – meta-analysis June 2014
- Multiple Sclerosis and the Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis July 2014
- Multiple Sclerosis: number needed to treat with vitamin D may be as low as 1.3 – Meta-analysis Oct 2013
- No association between Multiple Sclerosis relapses and being treated with vitamin D–meta-analysis May 2013
- Multiple Sclerosis 23 percent more likely if born in April vs. Oct – meta-analysis Nov 2012
18 MS Intervention studies - Multiple Sclerosis treated equally by UVB and weekly 50,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT July 2023
- Multiple Sclerosis is again not fought by 5,000 IU vitamin D daily (need at least 10X more) – RCT May 2023
- 53 Multiple Sclerosis patients somewhat helped by 10,000 IU of vitamin D (vs, 30,000 virtually cured by 10X as much) – Jan 2020
- Multiple Sclerosis treated by 50,000 IU Vitamin D bi-weekly plus Omega-3 – RCT July 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis Relapsing-Remitting rate reduced 30 percent by addition of 14,000 IU vitamin D daily – RCT Nov 2016
- Multiple sclerosis helped some by 10,000 IU of vitamin D daily avg. for 3 months – RCT Sept 2016
- Vitamin D has already cleared 100 percent of lesions from over 1,000 MS patients in Brazil
- Dr. Coimbra explains his treatment with high dose vitamin D for multiple sclerosis – Feb 2015
- No multiple sclerosis relapses during pregnancy if 50,000 IU of Vitamin D weekly – RCT April 2015
- 1000 IU per kg Vitamin D for autoimmune diseases – Coimbra Aug 2013
- Optic neuritis progession into Multiple Sclerosis reduced 68 percent by 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly
- Video by Dr. Coimbra – 95 percent of auto-immune cured with vitamin D in high doses - April 2014
- Autoimmune disorder patients in Brazil helped by vitamin D – video and Facebook – Nov 2012
- Risk of going from pre-MS to MS reduced 68 percent with 7100 IU vitamin D – RCT Dec 2012
- MS helped by average daily 2800 IU vitamin D – RCT Aug 2012
- CureTogether Vitamin D symptoms, treatments, and causes
- Yet again - more than 10000 IU of vitamin D treats MS – July 2011
- Overview MS and vitamin D
Most-visited 20 pages in Multiple Sclerosis
21 MS articles are also in Genetics category - Get Multiple Sclerosis while younger if have a poor CYP24A1 vitamin D gene – May 2023
- Vitamin D genes increase MS relapses in children by 2X – May 2019
- CYP2R1 gene problem increases Multiple Sclerosis risk by 1.4X – Dec 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis more likely if poor vitamin D genes - 22nd study – Aug 2017
- Mendelian proof that low vitamin D (due to 3 genes) increase risk of MS by 20 percent – Nov 2016
- Autoimmune risk gene ZMIZ1 is associated with both MS and Vitamin D – Jan 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis relapse in children is twice as likely having a Vitamin D Gene score of 6 – Oct 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis and obesity share some gene problems (as well as low vitamin D) – June 2016
- Genes make Multiple Sclerosis 2X more likely unless get more vitamin D - Aug 2015
- Multiple Sclerosis is connected to Vitamin D by gene to gene interactions – Aug 2014
- Multiple Sclerosis, gene expression, and vitamin D: Venn diagrams – Aug 2014
- Epigenetics of Multiple Sclerosis – March 2014
- Increased risk of multiple sclerosis risk in African Americans due to genes – June 2013
- 98 pcnt of genes that Vitamin D activates to reduce MS are also activated by Interferon -May 2013
- Transgeneration vitamin D deficiency related to MS was found in mice – Aug 2012
- Epigenetics, vitamin D, and Multiple Sclerosis
- Learning about MS and vitamin D in offspring from mice – Sept 2011
- Vitamin D targets 4 MS genes – May 2011
- Unable to find a gene linking vitamin D and MS – March 2011
- MS and vitamin D may be related by HLA gene – March 2010
- MS due to low level of vitamin D may be due to a specific gene – July 2010
11 MS articles also in Vitamin D Receptor category - Multiple Sclerosis 2X-3X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Meta-analysis Feb 2020
- Risk of Multiple Sclerosis varies with the Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis Dec 2019
- Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D Receptor super enhancers – March 2019
- Vitamin D genes increase MS relapses in children by 2X – May 2019
- Immunological effects of vitamin D and their relations to autoimmunity – March 2019
- Inflammation and immune responses to Vitamin D (perhaps need to measure active vitamin D) – July 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis more likely if poor vitamin D genes - 22nd study – Aug 2017
- Multiple sclerosis (relapsing-remitting) increases activation of Vitamin D Receptor by 6.6 X – March 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis is more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor (4X Mexico, 3X Iran)– Feb 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis much more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – several studies
- Multiple Sclerosis and the Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis July 2014
7 articles in both of the categories MS and Vitamin D Binding Protein - Multiple Sclerosis 2.8 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Binding Protein – May 2022
- Gene variants can reduce Vitamin D response by 1.7X (14,000 IU daily, Multiple Sclerosis) – Dec 2021
- Vitamin D genes increase MS relapses in children by 2X – May 2019
- Mendelian proof that low vitamin D (due to 3 genes) increase risk of MS by 20 percent – Nov 2016
- Genes make Multiple Sclerosis 2X more likely unless get more vitamin D - Aug 2015
- Multiple Sclerosis is associated with about 1.5 X more Vitamin D Binding Protein – Jan 2015
- Late-stage MS associated with protein in spinal cord which blocks vitamin D – Jan 2013
21 articles in both of the categories MS and UV - Multiple Sclerosis treated equally by UVB and weekly 50,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT July 2023
- Mutiple Sclerosis half as likely in children spending 30 to 60 minutes per day in the sun – Dec 2021
- Sun reduces risk of Multiple Sclerosis via both Vitamin D and another way – Dec 2019
- UV helped EAE mice (MS) designed to not respond to Vitamin D – Oct 2019
- Multiple Sclerosis 2X more likely if low winter UV – June 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis half as likely if get plenty of sunshine (not a news item) – March 2018
- Clinically Isolated Syndrome progresses to Multiple Sclerosis, unless UVB treatments – RCT Dec 2017
- Vitamin D and Sun conference – Germany June 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis suppressed by an Ultraviolet wavelength not associated with Vitamin D (mice) – Nov 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis helped by UV – possibly via cytokines, etc. – Oct 2015
- Hypothesis – Multiple Sclerosis risk increases with low UV, viral infections, and antibiotics in childhood – March 2015
- How UVB reduces autoimmune diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis – April 2014
- UV decreases Multiple Sclerosis via cis-urocanic acid (and via vitamin D) – June 2013
- MS prevention by UV is 2X better than prevention by vitamin D levels – Jan 2012
- There is more in UV than vitamin D which suppresses MS in mice – April 2010
- UV produces more than vitamin D – Aug 2011
- Lack of UV 20X more associated with MS than any other variable – Dec 2010
- Hypothesis - more in sunshine than vitamin D to reduce MS – Feb 2010
- MS UV and Vitamin D – 2009
- Lack of UV increased offspring MS - April 2010
- Mouse MS: UVB but not Vitamin D reduced incidence - April 2010
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399 MS articles - wiki page:
- COVID infections or vaccinations may increase Multiple Sclerosis (if low D) - several studies
- Many Neurological Diseases fought by Vitamin D - Dec 2022
- Autoimmune diseases caused in first day after COVID Vaccination - Oct 2023
- Obese are 50% more likely to develop or have severe MS (Vitamin D not mentioned) - Oct 2023
- Multiple Sclerosis risk factors - Vitamin D was the only one you can easily change - Sept 2023
- Epstein-Barr Virus may be a prerequiste for Multiple Sclerosis - July 2023
- Doctor got MS and was later cured by high-dose Vitamin D - Aug 2023
- Multiple Sclerosis prevention with high-dose vitamin D (in rats in this case) - July 2023
- Global burden of brain disorders surpasses cardiovascular disease and cancer - July 2023
- How Multiple Sclerosis might be prevented by Vitamin D -June 2023
- Multiple Sclerosis fatigue reduced by weekly Vitamin D (50,000 IU) – June 2023
- Multiple Sclerosis treated equally by UVB and weekly 50,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT July 2023
- Get Multiple Sclerosis while younger if have a poor CYP24A1 vitamin D gene – May 2023
- Multiple Sclerosis is again not fought by 5,000 IU vitamin D daily (need at least 10X more) – RCT May 2023
- How Vitamin D fights Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis and Epilepsy – June 2023
- How Vitamin D fights neurodegeneration (Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, etc) – Jan 2023
- Diseases treated by high-dose Vitamin D - many studies
- Brain and Vitamin D - many studies
- Autoimmune diseases fought by Vitamin D, especially if have more than 40 ng – Sept 2022
- A Simple Protocol Is Stopping the Progression of MS - Aug 2022
- Multiple Sclerosis treated by Vitamin D (includes dose-response) - July 2022
- 36% of Multiple Sclerosis patients got worse after mild to severe COVID– June 2022
- Multiple Sclerosis 2.8 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Binding Protein – May 2022
- Coimbra protocol using high-dose Vitamin D is safe – April 2022
- Beyond the Coimbra Protocol - 2020
- Gene variants can reduce Vitamin D response by 1.7X (14,000 IU daily, Multiple Sclerosis) – Dec 2021
- Multiple Sclerosis Risk factors include virus such as Human Herpesvirus 6A – many studies
- An opportunity - use Vitamin D to treat Multiple Sclerosis (has been used for 14 years) - Feb 2022
- Vitamin D is a biomarker for autoimmune, neurological and psychiatric diseases - Jan 2022
- White Matter Hyperintensities (brain) 1.8X more likely if 10 ng less vitamin D - meta-analysis Jan 2022
- Two highly-rated guidelines for people with Multiple Sclerosis include Vitamin D – Jan 2022
- Epstein-Barr virus increases risk of Multiple Sclerosis by 32X - Jan 2022
- COVID death rate was 3X lower in those with Multiple Sclerosis (85 pcnt were taking Vitamin D) - Jan 2022
- Mutiple Sclerosis half as likely in children spending 30 to 60 minutes per day in the sun – Dec 2021
- Multiple Sclerosis treated by Vitamin D, recommends investigating high dose Coimbra - Oct 2021
- Multiple Sclerosis risk increased if both Epstein-Bar Virus and low sun (vitamin D) – Aug 2021
- Vitamin D cost-effectively treats Multiple Sclerosis – July 2021
- Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis – book chapter – Oct 2019
- Multiple Sclerosis patients had fewer COVID-19 problems (Note: many MSers take Vitamin D) – April 30, 2021
- Autoimmune and high-dose vitamin D (Dr. Coimbra) - Dr. Mahtani video and transcript - Nov 2020
- Vitamin D Resistance hypothesis confirmed by Coimbra high-dose vitamin D protocol – April 2021
- Multiple Sclerosis varies with latitude while young – March 2021
- Vitamin D supplementation increases the genes that repair Multiple Sclerosis – Feb 2021
- People with Multiple Sclerosis taking at least 5,000 IU of Vitamin D felt much better – April 2021
- UK people with Multiple Sclerosis are 3X more likely to take Vitamin D - Oct 2020
- Multiple Sclerosis 42X more likely if light brown skin and smoke (both associated with low vitamin D) – July 2020
- Immunologic Effects of Vitamin D on Human Health and Disease - Holick July 2020
- Multiple Sclerosis 2X-3X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Meta-analysis Feb 2020
- Cognitive speed of Multiple Sclerosis patients increased if Vitamin D increased even a little bit – Feb 2020
- Multiple Sclerosis: 10 percent fewer relapses for each 10 ng higher level of vitamin D – Meta-analysis April 2020
- Why Do Multiple Sclerosis and Migraine Coexist – Jan 2020
- 53 Multiple Sclerosis patients somewhat helped by 10,000 IU of vitamin D (vs, 30,000 virtually cured by 10X as much) – Jan 2020
- Low Vitamin D is a causal factor for Multiple Sclerosis (Mendelian analysis) – Jan 2020
- Multiple Sclerosis relapses cut in half by 100,000 IU of Vitamin D every 2 weeks– RCT 2019
- Multiple Sclerosis 40 percent more likely if mother had low vitamin D – meta-analysis Jan 2020
- Sun reduces risk of Multiple Sclerosis via both Vitamin D and another way – Dec 2019
- Not a single case of multiple sclerosis in 15,000,000 people (plant-based diets)
- Risk of Multiple Sclerosis varies with the Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis Dec 2019
- Multiple Sclerosis incidence is still associated with latitude – Nov 2019
- Vitamin D remyelinates rats (perhaps remyelinates human MS) – Dec 2019
- Resveratrol treats Multiple Sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases – many studies
- Multiple Sclerosis 32 percent less likely among those with more than 32 ng of vitamin D – Dec 2019
- The use of high dose Vitamin D (Coimbra Protocol) for multiple sclerosis in Germany – 2019
- Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D chapter (Coimbra and Brazil not mentioned) – Oct 2019
- UV helped EAE mice (MS) designed to not respond to Vitamin D – Oct 2019
- A Multiple Sclerosis hypothesis supported by EAE data – Oct 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis 40 percent less likely if consume tinned fish (Vitamin D and Omega-3) – Sept 2019
- High-dose Vitamin D for Multiple Sclerosis is OK while pregnant – Sept 2019
- Multiple Sclerosis and Omega-3 – eight studies as of Aug 2019
- Pre-Multiple Sclerosis 40 percent less likely if eat canned fish – Aug 2019
- Recent brain problems appears to be associated with neurofilament light chains (would aide Vitamin D MS. Alz studies) – June 2019
- Alemtuzumab treatment of autoimmune diseases has many side effects, Vitamin D should prevent most of them – June 2019
- Most of Coimbra Protocol supplements in a capsule taken 4 times a day – June 2019
- Successful high dose vitamin D (Coimbra Protocol) should be evaluated – June 2019
- Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D Receptor super enhancers – March 2019
- Vitamin D genes increase MS relapses in children by 2X – May 2019
- Personalized Vitamin D treatment of Multiple Sclerosis - Michael Cawley
- Immunological effects of vitamin D and their relations to autoimmunity – March 2019
- Asthma 3X more likely if have Multiple Sclerosis (both have low Vitamin D) – March 2019
- Sugary drinks associated with 5X worse Multiple Sclerosis (reduces vitamin D levels)– March 2019
- Multiple Sclerosis depression reduced by 10,000 IU of vitamin D – Jan 2019
- Comparing High-dose vitamin D therapies
- High-dose vitamin D forum – for Multiple Sclerosis and many other diseases – Jan 2019
- CYP2R1 gene problem increases Multiple Sclerosis risk by 1.4X – Dec 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis increases risk of Psoriasis by 1.9X (both associated with low vitamin D) – meta-analysis Oct 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis incidence varies with latitude (noted in Brazil too) – Nov 2015
- Multiple Sclerosis - Coimbra Protocol (high-dose Vitamin D) - by one of the 120 doctors of 20,000 patients - Dec 2018
- Vitamin D and neurological diseases such as stroke, Vascular Dementia, PD, MS - July 2018
- Interview of Dr. Coimbra: MS, Autoimmune, Vitamin D, B2, Ca, Mg, PTH etc. – perhaps 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis Society continues to fund Vitamin D research -Oct 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis treated by fingolimod has better outcome if high vitamin D – Aug 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D – Cochrane review Sept 2018
- Problem with vitamin C if high dose Vitamin D for MS and have gene problem – Sept 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis Coimbra Protocol stories on Facebook
- Multiple Sclerosis – walking and self-care problems associated with low vitamin D – Aug 2018
- High-Dose Vitamin D Therapy – book July 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis – 3X higher incidence in women, previously 1X, wonder why
- Vitamin D is the real Multiple Sclerosis Therapy, not an alternative therapy – Coimbra July 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis relapse rate reduced by half if add some vitamin D – July 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis rates are highest in Canada (far from equator) – May 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis varies with race and sex in mice too – July 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis 30 X more likely if: organic solvent AND poor genes AND smoking – July 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis treated by 50,000 IU Vitamin D bi-weekly plus Omega-3 – RCT July 2018
- Replies to doctor’s comments about high dose Vitamin D for Multiple Sclerosis– Nov 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis 2X more likely if low winter UV – June 2018
- Guide for patients on high doses of Vitamin D – Coimbra 2017
- Zinc deficiency is a risk factor for autoimmunity and multiple sclerosis – 2017
- How to get lots of Magnesium – especially needed for Coimbra MS and Autoimmune Protocol
- MS not treated by Vitamin D (a few old studies using small doses) – Meta-analysis July 2018
- Vitamin D is the only dietary supplement which significantly benefits MS – JAMA April 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis treated when use high doses of vitamin D – meta-analysis May 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis Coimbra Protocol with Vitamin D - increased walking - May 2018
- Vitamin D has treated Multiple Sclerosis and autoimmune diseases for 16 years – Coimbra April 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis risk reduced by a third in those getting a lot of ALA (fatty acid) – Jan 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis half as likely if get plenty of sunshine (not a news item) – March 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis – many reasons to believe Vitamin D can prevent and treat it – Feb 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis patients have 3X less Vitamin K2 in their blood – March 2018
- Rate of vitamin D supplementation by Blacks increases 16X after getting Multiple Sclerosis – Feb 2018
- Vitamin D does not reduce the risk of Multiple Sclerosis – FDA incorrect conclusion – Jan 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis 40% more likely in obese than in overweight (Mendelian randomization) Jan 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis risk reduced 40% in 92,000 women taking more than 400 IU of vitamin D – 2004
- Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D – chapter and entire MS book - Nov 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis increasing in teens – at least 2X in 9 years
- Multiple Sclerosis is reduced by Vitamin D supplementation (even without Coimbra) – review Dec 2017
- Clinically Isolated Syndrome progresses to Multiple Sclerosis, unless UVB treatments – RCT Dec 2017
- Alzheimer’s, Parkenson’s, and Multiple Sclerosis – vitamin D may prevent and treat – Oct 2017
- Extended breastfeeding cut in half the risk of Multiple Sclerosis – July 2017
- Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's ,Dementia, and ALS - review Nov 2017
- Inflammation and immune responses to Vitamin D (perhaps need to measure active vitamin D) – July 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s need more than 30 ng of Vitamin D – review Nov 2017
- 947,000 people in the US had Multiple Sclerosis 2008-2010 – Nov 2017
- Autoimmune diseases associated with low Vitamin D and Vitamin D Receptor – July 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis stem cell treatment (HSCT) probably not benefit from 200,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT 2020
- Having several concussions as a teenager doubled the risk of Multiple Sclerosis – Sept 2017
- Lymphatic system discovered in brain (what about Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, Omega-3 and Vitamin D) – Oct 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis risk a decade later was 2X higher if low vitamin D (12 ng vs 20 ng) – Sept 2017
- Active form of vitamin D directly protects the blood–brain barrier in multiple sclerosis – Aug 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis 6X more likely to progress quickly if low vitamin D – Aug 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis more likely if poor vitamin D genes - 22nd study – Aug 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis risk of relapse reduced by 13 percent for every 2.5 ng higher level of vitamin D (under age 37) – June 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis risk reduced 30 percent for additional 10 ng of vitamin D at birth – Jan 2017
- Vitamin D and Sun conference – Germany June 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis risk reduced 30 percent by each additional 10 ng of vitamin D at birth (1500 Danes) – Jan 2017
- Fewer Multiple Sclerosis lesions when supplemented with Vitamin D – meta-analysis May 2017
- High dose vitamin D to treat Multiple Sclerosis etc. – protocol April 2017
- Multiple sclerosis (relapsing-remitting) increases activation of Vitamin D Receptor by 6.6 X – March 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis much less likely for children who are thin and tanned - April 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis - subtle early signs – should probably take vitamin D – Feb 2017
- Off Topic: Some disabled people (MS, Parkinson, blind, deaf etc) are using second life – Feb 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis is more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor (4X Mexico, 3X Iran)– Feb 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis Relapsing-Remitting rate reduced 30 percent by addition of 14,000 IU vitamin D daily – RCT Nov 2016
- Doctor got multiple sclerosis, rejected then embraced Coimbra protocol for herself and patients – Jan 2017
- Mendelian proof that low vitamin D (due to 3 genes) increase risk of MS by 20 percent – Nov 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D ~ 50,000 Facebook members in 13 languages – Jan 2017
- Autoimmune risk gene ZMIZ1 is associated with both MS and Vitamin D – Jan 2017
- Multiple Sclerosis relapse in children is twice as likely having a Vitamin D Gene score of 6 – Oct 2016
- Multiple sclerosis risk factors include vitamin D – Dec 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis suppressed by an Ultraviolet wavelength not associated with Vitamin D (mice) – Nov 2016
- A gestational dose of vitamin D per day keeps the MS doctor away (2X reduction) – Nov 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis Conference had scores of Vitamin D presentations - Sept 2016
- Interview and transcript: Vitamin D protocol for Autoimmune diseases – Dr. Coimbra 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis much more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – several studies
- Multiple Sclerosis and small doses of Vitamin D – meta-review March 2016
- Multiple sclerosis helped some by 10,000 IU of vitamin D daily avg. for 3 months – RCT Sept 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis helped by UV – possibly via cytokines, etc. – Oct 2015
- Multiple sclerosis in children – low vitamin D is a potential factor – Aug 2016
- Testimonial on curing Multiple Sclerosis with 20,000 IU of vitamin D – Aug 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis and obesity share some gene problems (as well as low vitamin D) – June 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis – one person’s benefit of Vitamin D protocol by Dr. Coimbra
- Multiple Sclerosis 60 percent less likely in those with more than 40 ng of vitamin D – 2006
- Multiple Sclerosis 2X more likely if vitamin D deficient as a fetus decades earlier – May 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis associated with low vitamin D – by B-cells which produce antibodies – May 2016
- Vitamin D should be taken by all MS patients - Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centres - April 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis - low vitamin D, low sun, smoking are the largest modifiable factors – April 2016
- 10 Diseases associated with Multiple Sclerosis are also associated with low Omega-3 and vitamin D – Feb 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis and (lots of) Vitamin D - book by patient on Coimbra protocol - Feb 2016
- Multiple Sclerosis much more likely if low vitamin D during pregnancy –many studies
- Multiple Sclerosis risk factors – Vitamin D, parasites, and EBV – 2015
- Off topic: Cannabis and disease studies at GreenMedInfo – Dec 2015
- Multiple Sclerosis – more gray matter and fewer relapses if 10 ng more vitamin D – Oct 2015
- Multiple Sclerosis vitamin D treatments – update Oct 2015
- Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research -Vitamin D presentations at European Congress Oct 2015
- If born in the winter, 11 percent more likely to be vitamin D deficient as an adult – Sept 2015
- Multiple Sclerosis risk reduced 46 percent by Omega-3 derived from fish (1 gram) – Sept 2015
- Vitamin D has already cleared 100 percent of lesions from over 1,000 MS patients in Brazil
- Genes make Multiple Sclerosis 2X more likely unless get more vitamin D - Aug 2015
- Dr. Coimbra explains his treatment with high dose vitamin D for multiple sclerosis – Feb 2015
- Multiple Sclerosis patients need more vitamin D to get same blood level response – Aug 2015
- Multiple Sclerosis web survey: 82 percent take vitamin D (2000-5000 IU), strong association with latitude - Aug 2015
- Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis—from epidemiology to prevention – June 2015
- No multiple sclerosis relapses during pregnancy if 50,000 IU of Vitamin D weekly – RCT April 2015
- Multiple Sclerosis incidence rate cut in half by 800 IU of vitamin D in cod liver oil – May 2015
- Neuromyelitis optica (Devic's Disease is not MS) is also associated with low vitamin D – April 2015
- Could Canada cause multiple sclerosis (MS increased 2X in 5 years) - April 2015
- People with health problems lacking noon sun (severe Multiple Sclerosis, etc.) have even lower levels of vitamin D – March 2015
- Hypothesis – Multiple Sclerosis risk increases with low UV, viral infections, and antibiotics in childhood – March 2015
- 1000 IU per kg Vitamin D for autoimmune diseases – Coimbra Aug 2013
- Multiple Sclerosis is associated with about 1.5 X more Vitamin D Binding Protein – Jan 2015
- Multiple sclerosis patients have 15 ng lower levels of vitamin D – meta-analysis June 2014
- Brazillian petition to permit high vitamin D doses for autoimune diseases – Aug 2014
- Multiple Sclerosis is connected to Vitamin D by gene to gene interactions – Aug 2014
- Multiple Sclerosis, gene expression, and vitamin D: Venn diagrams – Aug 2014
- What does it mean to CURE, not just treat a disease like Multiple Sclerosis – June 2014
- Multiple Sclerosis and the Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis July 2014
- Swallowing problems (dysphagia): in Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease (perhaps low vitamin D)
- Inflammatory diseases: review of vitamin D, with many tables – May 2014
- Epigenetics of Multiple Sclerosis – March 2014
- Optic neuritis progession into Multiple Sclerosis reduced 68 percent by 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly
- How UVB reduces autoimmune diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis – April 2014
- Multiple Sclerosis has strong associations with Vitamin D – London April 2014
- Video by Dr. Coimbra – 95 percent of auto-immune cured with vitamin D in high doses - April 2014
- Multiple Sclerosis patients who increased their vitamin D levels by 20 ng had better outcomes – March 2014
- MS and vitamin D consensus from Brazil - 40-100 ng, not monotherapy – Feb 2014
- Central Nervous System helped by Vitamin D – Review – 2013
- Multiple Sclerosis progressed more slowly if have 20 ng more vitamin D – Jan 2014
- Fewer white spots in MRI brain scans if had more vitamin D – Jan 2014
- Hypothesis- birth rate variation with season may trump MS variation with vitamin D – Jan 2014
- Vitamin D at CureTogether: Fibromyalgia, MS, Psoriasis, etc - Dec 2013
- Review of clinical trials for Multiple Sclerosis with Vitamin D intervention – 2013
- Iran Multiple Sclerosis review finds huge increase in women (no mention of clothing) – Nov 2013
- Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis in Bulgaria increased 2X in 17 years, thinking about vitamin D – June 2013
- Multiple Sclerosis increased 10 percent in 5 years - Oct 2013
- Acute Multiple Sclerosis relapse associated with low bone mineral density (low vitamin D) – Oct 2013
- Update on Treating Multiple Sclerosis with high dose vitamin D - Sept 2013
- Multiple Sclerosis prevention by Vitamin D: 10 year, 30 million dollar trial - Sept 2013
- Vitamin D may not be the only cause of Multiple Sclerosis in Scotland - Aug 2013
- Multiple Sclerosis: number needed to treat with vitamin D may be as low as 1.3 – Meta-analysis Oct 2013
- Melatonin interacts with Vitamin D in Multiple Sclerosis patients
- Vitamin D and MS, ALS, Autism, Alzheimer’s and other nervous system diseases – review Aug 2013
- Full-on Multiple Sclerosis was 3.3X more likely in patients with the lowest vitamin D levels – July 2013
- UV decreases Multiple Sclerosis via cis-urocanic acid (and via vitamin D) – June 2013
- Increased risk of multiple sclerosis risk in African Americans due to genes – June 2013
- MS flu-like symptoms resulting from interferon-beta were reduced with vitamin D – June 2013
- Vitamin D is important for the central nervous system and cognition – May 2013
- 98 pcnt of genes that Vitamin D activates to reduce MS are also activated by Interferon -May 2013
- No association between Multiple Sclerosis relapses and being treated with vitamin D–meta-analysis May 2013
- Season of birth associated with pneumonia (10 pcnt) and multiple sclerosis (30 pcnt) – May 2013
- More hijab clothing may have resulted in 6X increase in Multiple Sclerosis in Tehran – May 2013
- Multiple Sclerosis: high incidence in black women than whites (perhaps vitamin D) – May 2013
- Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis (technical, outline only) – April 2013
- Appears that Vitamin D can induce remission in recent Multiple Sclerosis
- Prevention with vitamin D in Multiple Sclerosis is logical – editorial April 2013
- Multiple sclerosis associated with sun, not low vitamin D – Feb 2013
- Autoimmune disorder patients in Brazil helped by vitamin D – video and Facebook – Nov 2012
- Small increase in Vitamin A metabolites cut new multiple sclerosis lesions in half – Feb 2013
- Vitamin D: one sided debate is published in Multiple Sclerosis Journal – Feb 2013
- Vitamin D associated with reduced T-cell attacks in Multiple Sclerosis – Sept 2012
- Bone health not correlated with Vitamin D level in multiple sclerosis – review Dec 2011
- Late-stage MS associated with protein in spinal cord which blocks vitamin D – Jan 2013
- Vitamin D looks promising to deal with MS – review 2013
- Vitamin D prevents multiple sclerosis through multiple mechanisms – Jan 2013
- If low level of Vitamin A then 60 percent less likely to get MS (maybe Vitamin D not blocked)– Jan 2013
- Multiple Sclerosis more likely if mother had less than 25 ng of vitamin D – Nov 2012
- Multiple Sclerosis and vitamin D – Systematic Review inconclusive Jan 2013
- Risk of going from pre-MS to MS reduced 68 percent with 7100 IU vitamin D – RCT Dec 2012
- Vitamin D less than 3000 IU insufficient to reduce MS relapse rate – 5 RCT Dec 2012
- Vitamin D can both prevent and treat Multiple Sclerosis – review Nov 2012
- Hypothesis of Autoimmunity which includes Epstein-Barr Virus and Vitamin D Deficiency – 2012
- Review of Autoimmune diseases, solar radiation and vitamin D – Schwalfenberg 2012
- Transgeneration vitamin D deficiency related to MS was found in mice – Aug 2012
- Epigenetics, vitamin D, and Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Sclerosis 23 percent more likely if born in April vs. Oct – meta-analysis Nov 2012
- Environmental risk factors for MS include latitude and vitamin D – Sept 2012
- Vitamin D enabled a woman with MS to walk long distances again – Oct 2012
- Unsaturated Fatty acids important for both MS and Vitamin D – Oct 2012
- Less MS (MRI) decline after raising Vitamin D levels – clinical trial Oct 2012
- Multiple Sclerosis not helped with half a microgram of calcitriol – 2012
- Is the Iranian Revolution to Blame for the Increasing Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis in Iran
- MS helped by average daily 2800 IU vitamin D – RCT Aug 2012
- Neurology J. had 4 items on Multiple Sclerosis and Vitamin D – review by MS Soc Aug 2012
- 2900 IU of vitamin D (20000 weekly) kept levels above 20 ng during the winter – Aug 2012
- 3X more vitamin D from the sun if take MS drug Interferon-β – July 2012
- Multiple Sclerosis not affected by 2800 IU of vitamin D – July 2012
- Vitamin D reduces multiple sclerosis relapses, but not with interferon treatment – June 2012
- MS clinical trial (EVIDIMS) to use 10,000 IU of vitamin D – Feb 2012
- MS relapse rate reduced 14 percent for each 4 ng increase in vitamin D – May 2012
- Hispanics with MS had lower levels of vitamin D which did not vary seasonally – May 2012
- 5000 to 10000 IU vitamin D helped MS in a pilot study – March 2012
- MRI detects 32% less of one type of MS lesion for every 10 ng increased vitamin D – April 2012
- MS Factoids
- Will 10000 IU of vitamin D decrease MS - RCT Feb 2012
- MS prevention by UV is 2X better than prevention by vitamin D levels – Jan 2012
- Increased vitamin D should increase MS quality of life – Jan 2012
- Infectious mononucleosis and lack of UV linearly linked to MS in England – April 2011
- Mutation of Vitamin D gene (CYP27B1) is strongly tied to MS – Dec 2011
- Vitamin D is hot in MS research – Oct 2010
- MS worse with Vitamin D2 - Oct 2011
- Why has the MS latitude gradient disappeared – Oct 2011
- CureTogether Vitamin D symptoms, treatments, and causes
- Learning about MS and vitamin D in offspring from mice – Sept 2011
- Multiple Sclerosis etc. strongly associated with Epstein-Barr virus (and vitamin D)
- There is more in UV than vitamin D which suppresses MS in mice – April 2010
- UV produces more than vitamin D – Aug 2011
- MS associated with 29 new and 23 previously known gene variants – Aug 2011
- Decreased winter sun speeded up subsequent MS development 2X – VA Aug 2011
- High vitamin D in moms decreased MS incidence in daughters by 40% – July 2011
- MS new cases increased 2.5X in 2 years in Isfahan Iran – Aug 2011
- 3X less Multiple Sclerosis with enough vitamin D - Veterans Administration
- Yet again - more than 10000 IU of vitamin D treats MS – July 2011
- MS reduces vitamin D which then causes osteoporosis – July 2011
- Vitamin D patent for treating immune system diseases
- Vitamin D targets 4 MS genes – May 2011
- 300000 IU vitamin D monthly may treat MS – May 2011
- Reduced vitamin D and BMD and Neurological Conditions – April 2011
- MS is related to latitude – conclusion from 321 studies – April 2011
- Vitamin D is a T-cell modulator in multiple sclerosis – April 2011.
- 2800 IU vitamin D daily did not decrease bone loss for those with MS – March 2011
- Lack of sun and lack of vitamin D are both MS risk factors – Feb 2011
- Unable to find a gene linking vitamin D and MS – March 2011
- Increased sun and vitamin D both reduced MS risk – March 2011
- Vitamin D and MS - Correlation - Causality – Controversy – March 2011
- More females have MS – perhaps due to vitamin D deficiency – Feb 2011
- 20000 IU vitamin D and MS – less fatigue and relapse Dec 2010
- Lack of UV 20X more associated with MS than any other variable – Dec 2010
- Lack of sunshine associated with MS two years sooner – 2 VHA articles 2010
- MS Trust in UK is concerned about lack of vitamin D product – Nov 2010
- Vitamin D far better than fingolimod in reducing MS relapse rate
- MS relapses 12 percent less frequent for every 4 ng increase in vitamin D – Aug 2010
- Low vitamin D is probably a risk factor for MS – July 2010
- MS and vitamin D may be related by HLA gene – March 2010
- MS risk factor is probably low level of vitamin D – July 2010
- MS due to low level of vitamin D may be due to a specific gene – July 2010
- MS assessment of role of vitamin D – July 2010
- Overview MS and vitamin D
- MS and vitamin D from a KNOL - July 2008
- MS and Vitamin D – VitD3 World Jan 2010
- Hypothesis - more in sunshine than vitamin D to reduce MS – Feb 2010
- MS prevented and treated with Vitamin D – 2009
- 3X increase in MS in Denmark 1950 to 2005 Vitamin D is a possible reason
- MS UV and Vitamin D – 2009
- UV suppresses MS but vitamin D might not – March 2010
- African-Americans and Multiple Sclerosis
- Effective Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis is Completely Free with the sun
- Lack of UV increased offspring MS - April 2010
- Vitamin D deficiency probably a risk factor for MS – June 2010
- Assessing vitamin D in the central nervous system – July 2010
- Disease Database - nice links for Multiple Sclerosis
- Comment about vitamin D on a MS blog – Feb 2009
- Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis - book 2010, 2016
- Patients like me survey found vitamin D to be number one supplement
- MS causes explored - vitamin D is in 2 of the 4 - 2009
- Lancet concludes that Vitamin D can protect against MS, but do know know why – June 2010
- Vitamin D Linked to Poor Learning Performance in Patients With MS – June 2010
- MS onset 2 years earlier in northern latitudes – June 2010
- Low vitamin D associated with brain atrophy in MS – April 2010
- Mouse MS: UVB but not Vitamin D reduced incidence - April 2010
- Vitamin D and sunshine are two ways to reduce MS relapses - May 2010
- Lancet article: Vit D may provide hope for MS - June 2010
- MS relapse rate for children was 34% less for every extra 10 ng/ml of vit D
- 10,000 IU vitamin D plus Calcium trial for those with MS - April 2010
- Scotland and Vitamin D
- Vitamin D decreases incidence of disease
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