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Influenza and Swine Flu

  1. Grant WB. Dermato Endocrinolgy 2009;1:1-5
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Depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder

  1. Gloth, F. et al. (1999)"Vitamin D vs broad spectrum phototherapy in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder." The Journal Of Nutrition, Health & Aging Volume 3, no. 1: 5-7.
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Vitamin D3 and Cancer

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Cardiovascular disease

  1. Tarcin, O. et al.'Vitamin D deficiency impairs endothelial function' J Clin Endocrinol Metab DOI:10.1210/jc.2008-1212
  2. Pilz, S. et al. 'Vitamin d status and arterial hypertension: a systematic review' National Reviews Cardiology DOI:10.1038/nrcardio.2009.135.
  3. Artaza, J. et al. 'Vitamin D and the cardiovascular system' Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Sep;4(9):1515-22.


Multiple Sclerosis

  1. Ashton F. Embry, Vitamin D Supplementation in the Fight Against Multiple Sclerosis
  2. BM VanAmerongen et al. Multiple sclerosis and vitamin D: an update European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2004), 1-15. Nature Publishing Group View article
  3. AF Embry et al. Vitamin D and Seasonal Fluctuations of Gadolinium-Enhancing Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Annals of Neurology, 2000, v. 48, p.271-272 View article
  4. White JH. Infect Immun 2008;76:3837-3843
  5. Cannell JJ. Epidemiol Infect 2006; 134:1129-40
"I work in an office and had always dreaded winter time until I found SunVit-D3.
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