Epidemiological evidence that UV exposure & vitamin D independently may reduce multiple sclerosis risk
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Last year, I wrote about a mouse study that suggested UVB exposure suppressed a model of multiple sclerosis (MS) independent of vitamin D production. So I was excited to see media reports this week covering another study, this one epidemiological in nature, that supports this hypothesis.
The study by Lucas and colleagues analyzed data from The Ausimmune Study, of 282 patients who have had a first diagnosis of CNS demyelination (FCD) and of these, 216 had a first demyelinating event (FDE) (note Read more [...]