For years doctors believed that vitamin D, sometimes called the “sunshine vitamin” because sunlight triggers the body to produce it, was important primarily in preventing rickets (a softening of the bones) in children. Once milk became fortified with vitamin D, rickets pretty much disappeared, and the problem of vitamin D deficiency seemed to have been solved. But according to Michael F. Holick, director of the Vitamin D, Skin, and Bone …Read the Rest
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Whenever my patients bring up diet, they ask about fat. It’s an important topic because trans fats, high cholesterol, obesity, …Read the Rest
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public health experts often focus immunization awareness efforts toward protecting children, and with good reason: Facing a potentially bewildering schedule …Read the Rest