Excerpt: "Patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS) could "stave off disease symptoms" by increasing their vitamin D intake, U.S. researchers said Monday."------"The World Health Organization estimated that roughly 2.5 million people in the world have the disease."------"The results suggest that vitamin D has a strong protective effect on the disease process underlying MS, and underscore the importance of correcting vitamin D insufficiency, which is widespread in Europe and the U.S., the researchers said."
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