Low Vitamin D Level Tied to Type 1 Diabetes

A new study has found a strong correlation between low vitamin D blood levels and Type 1 diabetes.  Researchers examined frozen blood samples taken between 2002 and 2008 from 1,000 active-duty military personnel, who all later developed Type 1 diabetes. They matched each with a sample from a healthy person of the same age and sex drawn within two days of the same date, and then tracked cases through 2011.

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