SOURCE: Medical News Today
DATE: November 16, 2009
EXCERPT: "Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the first conclusive evidence in men that the long-term ill effects of vitamin D deficiency are amplified by lower levels of the key sex hormone estrogen, but not testosterone." more
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Presented Nov. 15 at the American Heart Association's (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2009 in Orlando, November 14, 2009 by lead study investigator and cardiologist Erin Michos, M.D., M.H.S.
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