2011 Issue 3
Greater Delaware Valley Chapter
Can Vitamin D
REDUCE MS Attacks?
For a number of years researchers across the United States have been investigating how genetics and environmental triggers, like low vitamin D levels, can make people susceptible to multiple sclerosis (MS). Vitamin D is produced in the body in response to direct exposure to sunlight, and anything that limits this exposure also limits the amount of vitamin D a person produces.
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New Leadership for Society Page 8
Scholarship Recipients Page 10
Department of Defense Faces of MS Research Funding Pages 22-23 Page 14