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High Doses of Vitamin D Rapidly Reduce Arterial Stiffness in Overweight/Obese, Vitamin-Deficient African-Americans
January 02, 2018
AUGUSTA, Georgia, Jan. 2 -- Augusta University issued the following news release:

In just four months, high-doses of vitamin D reduce arterial stiffness in young, overweight/obese, vitamin-deficient, but otherwise still healthy African-Americans, researchers say.

Rigid artery walls are an independent predictor of cardiovascular- related disease and death and vitamin D deficiency appears to be a contributor, says Dr. Yanbin Dong, geneticist and cardiologist at the Georgi . . .

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