Vitamin D deficiency
Study finds Parkinson’s patients are more commonly lacking in the vitamin than Alzheimer’s patients or healthy people
By Nathan Seppa
A vitamin D shortage is more likely to show up in people with Parkinson’s disease than in healthy people or those with Alzheimer’s disease, scientists report in the October
Archives of Neurology
. The study is the most recent contribution to a torrent of findings linking vitamin D deficiency with health risks.
It’s well documented that such a deficiency can cause osteoporosis. Studies in recent years have also implicated a shortage of vitamin D in