Study finds low vitamin-d levels in northern California residents with metabolic syndrome
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 13:10
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from the UC Davis Health System have found that compared with healthy controls, blood levels of vitamin D are significantly reduced in patients in the Sacramento area with metabolic syndrome, a constellation of disease risk factors that affects about one in three U.S. adults and predisposes them to diabetes, heart disease and stroke...