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Old July 23rd 07, 10:59 PM posted to misc.kids.health
bigvince
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Default Can sunlight prevent MS

Vitamin d [sun exposure] and MS " Childhood sun exposure may
lower risk of MS"
"People who spent more time in the sun as children may have a lower
risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than people who had less
sun exposure during childhood, according to a study published in the
July 24, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the
American Academy of Neurology.

For the study, researchers surveyed 79 pairs of identical twins with
the same genetic risk for MS in which only one twin had MS. The twins
were asked to specify whether they or their twin spent more time
outdoors during hot days, cold days, and summer, and which one spent
more time sun tanning, going to the beach and playing team sports as
a
child.


The study found the twin with MS spent less time in the sun as a
child
than the twin who did not have MS. Depending on the activity, the
twin
who spent more hours outdoors had a 25 to 57 percent reduced risk of
developing MS. For example, the risk of developing MS was 49 percent
lower for twins who spent more time sun tanning than their siblings.


"Sun exposure appears to have a protective effect against MS," said
study authors Talat Islam, MBBS, PhD, and Thomas Mack, MD, MPH, with
the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
in Los Angeles. "Exposure to ultra violet rays may induce protection
against MS by alternative mechanisms, either directly by altering the
cellular immune response or indirectly by producing immunoactive
vitamin D." full story at
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/child...ay-lower-risk-...
As recent studies have shown vitamin d linked to a 50 % or greater
reduction in certain cancers . One can only wonder if conventional
medicines advice to avoid sun exposure [ the most natural source of
vitamin d ] has caused more harm then good. Thanks Vince

 




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