Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 December/January Newsletter: Professor Meir Stampfer, chair of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, has written a great article this week for Newsweek magazine. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15994150/site/newsweek/ US News and World Report will have a feature article this week or next. A very important new study was published several day ago. Dr. Consuelo Wilkins of the Washington University School of Medicine found that elderly patients with the lowest vitamin D levels were 11 (eleven!!!) times more likely to have symptoms of depression than were patients with the highest vitamin D levels. Her group also found that some measurements of dementia were higher in patients with the lowest 25(OH)D levels. I have written about vitamin D and depression before. Wilkins CH, et al. Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Low Mood and Worse Cognitive Performance in Older Adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006 Dec;14(12):1032-1040. The Wilkins study adds to the growing list of studies indicating that vitamin D deficiency is an important cause of depression, and one that is easily treated. It also stresses the importance of Professor McGrath's work, showing that vitamin D is intimately involved in brain development. If you like your brain, if you like the brain of your loved ones, if you are pregnant and you like the brain of the baby developing inside you, get adequate amounts of vitamin D. Our latest newsletter is posted at: http://www.vitamindcouncil.com/newsletter/2006-dec-jan.shtml -- Sincerely, Kalman PhD©, RD " When choosing between two evils, I always like to choose the one I've never tried before. " Mae West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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