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  1. 19753

    This article reminds me that in preantibiotic days, tuberculosis patients were put on a fresh-air-and-sunshine regimen. Could the vitamin D so acquired account for the cures this system sometimes produced? Nancy AxfordSacramento, Calif. Researcher John J. Cannell points to TB sanitariums as anecdotal evidence that sunlight fights infections. —J. Raloff Does the vitamin D in […]

    By Science News
  2. Health & Medicine

    The Antibiotic Vitamin

    Because vitamin D turns on a major germ killer in the body, a deficiency in the nutrient may leave people especially vulnerable to infections.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Humans

    From the October 31, 1936, issue

    Ancient Egyptian tombstones, political party preferences, and a new record for starvation.