Vitamin D Deficiency May be Common in Pregnancy
Razi Berry A recent study from Norway determined that by the end of pregnancy, 1 in 3 women are deficient in vitamin D.1 During the winter, when the days are much darker, this percentage rose to nearly 50 percent. Lead author adds, “use of sunscreen during the summer months further inhibits vitamin D production” The […]
Early Exposure to Dogs and Farm Animals Reduces Risk of Childhood Asthma
A researcher and his coauthors out of Sweden conducted a study that was published by JAMA Pediatrics. They wanted to see if early exposure to a dogs or farm animals decreased the risk of asthma in children. The sample size for this study included over one million children from Sweden that were born from 2001 […]