Women who consume little vitamin D develop multiple sclerosis (MS) at a rate about 50 percent higher than those who get lots of the nutrient, researchers have found. MS is a neurodegenerative disease affecting 350,000 people in the United States.
Previous studies found that many MS patients are deficient in vitamin D, says Kassandra L.
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