<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9d6834cf-b072-4d78-9db2-ca81282fcd16/1B00E9DB-5425-4284-8473-827AF1D7B39F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/hl_nm/vitamin_ms_dc" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/hl_nm/vitamin_ms_dc" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/hl_nm/vitamin_ms_dc"><H1> <DIV class="source"> <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=AklA_2WlZwz5eSB1iWYz9c0R.3QA/*http://www.reuters.com"><IMG height="28" border="0" width="106" alt="Reuters" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/us/news/editorial/4/3f/43f4f72f01edf7dbd46ddf932e12c5f8.jpeg" /></A> </DIV> Studies show more links between vitamin D and MS </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/hl_nm/vitamin_ms_dc"><P> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Children later diagnosed with <SPAN id="lw_1221875954_0" class="yshortcuts">multiple sclerosis</SPAN> had far lower levels of vitamin D than other youngsters, Canadian researchers reported on Friday in studies showing more links between the "sunshine" vitamin and disease. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/hl_nm/vitamin_ms_dc"><P> These were the first studies to show the effects in children, although others have shown that adults who live in northern latitudes, who get less sun exposure, may have a higher <SPAN id="lw_1221875954_1" class="yshortcuts">risk of MS</SPAN>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/hl_nm/vitamin_ms_dc"><P> They also support a growing body of studies that link low vitamin D levels with disease, including breast and <SPAN id="lw_1221875954_2" class="yshortcuts">colon cancer</SPAN>, heart disease, diabetes and tuberculosis.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/hl_nm/vitamin_ms_dc"><P> Vitamin D, made when skin is exposed to sunlight and found in fatty fish like salmon, is added to milk and other foods in many countries. Evidence suggests it helps <SPAN id="lw_1221875954_6" class="yshortcuts">lower blood pressure</SPAN>, reduce inflammation and boost the immune system.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/hl_nm/vitamin_ms_dc">children with MS had much lower levels of the vitamin than children who did not experience any other MS-like symptoms</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1B00E9DB-5425-4284-8473-827AF1D7B39F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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