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Vitamin D deficiency leads to dementia

16 June 2022

Vitamin D deficiency leads to dementia

Courtesy of the University of South Australia


A world-first study from UniSA’s Australian Centre for Precision Health at SAHMRI has shown a direct link between dementia and a lack of vitamin D.

Researchers found as much as 17 per cent of dementia cases might be prevented by increasing everyone to normal levels of vitamin D in certain populations.

Director of UniSA's Australian Centre for Precision Health at SAHMRI, Prof Elina Hypponen featured in 9 News' coverage of the study.

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