Vitamin D levels low in African-Americans with multiple sclerosis

Monday, May 23, 2011 - 17:00 in Health & Medicine

African-Americans who have multiple sclerosis (MS) have lower vitamin D levels than African-Americans who don't have the disease, according to a study published in the May 24, 2011, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. However, most of the difference in vitamin D levels was due to differences in climate and geography.

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