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Study suggests that maintaining normal vitamin D levels may benefit patients with advanced skin cancer
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Study suggests that maintaining normal vitamin D levels may benefit patients with advanced skin cancer

by Wiley Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research indicates that for patients with advanced skin cancer, it may be important to maintain normal vitamin D levels when receiving immunotherapy medications called immune checkpoint inhibitors. The findings are published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. Vitamin D has many effects on the body,...

Study reveals connection between gut bacteria and vitamin D levels
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Study reveals connection between gut bacteria and vitamin D levels

by Heather Buschman, PhD,  University of California – San Diego Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Our gut microbiomes—the many bacteria, viruses and other microbes living in our digestive tracts—play important roles in our health and risk for disease in ways that are only beginning to be recognized. University of California San Diego researchers and collaborators recently demonstrated...