@JoshPSutherland
 South Australia, Australia
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The higher risk of premature death was true for both serum and genetically determined vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency can be corrected with a D3 supplement. For each 1,000 IU vitamin D serum levels increase ~ 5-10ng/ml. A good range is 40-60ng/ml. acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.…

Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Mortality Risk in the UK Biobank: A Nonlinear Mendelian Randomizat...

Background: Low vitamin D status is associated with increased mortality, but randomized trials on severely deficient participants are lacking. Objective: To assess genetic evidence for the causal...

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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a 25% higher risk of premature death. People with vitamin D deficiency also had higher death rates from cancer and particularly respiratory diseases. Very relevant as ~30% of US population is vitamin D deficient (serum <20ng/ml).
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New from @UniversitySA: study of adults in the UK has found support for causal relationship between #VitaminD deficiency and mortality: ow.ly/jIOC50Lkay4
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How can you stop thinking about something? A new study monitored brain activity and found that deliberately telling yourself to replace a negative thought with another thought works better than trying to suppress the thought. eurekalert.org/pub_releases/…
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