{"id":24848,"date":"2025-03-17T12:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/?p=24848"},"modified":"2025-03-29T06:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T04:29:49","slug":"vitamin-d-does-neither-protect-against-measles-nor-against-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2025\/03\/vitamin-d-does-neither-protect-against-measles-nor-against-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin D does neither protect against measles nor against cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yep there was some hype about 100 years ago, soon after the discovery of vitamin D by Windaus – where vitamin D \/ cod liver oil was used to treat tuberculosis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also vitamin A (also contained in high doses in cod liver oil) was used in the pre-antibiotic era as anti-infective therapy<\/a> while it has lost its role being used only as some supportive add-on after during measles infection<\/a>. Reliable prevention of measles by vaccination should not be confused with uncertain supportive therapy.<\/p>\n

But what about vitamin D supplementation and cancer?\u00a0\u00a0A new study in the Annals<\/a> last week show<\/p>\n

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7% reduction in cancer mortality was\u00a0observed after a median cumulative follow-up of\u00a022.3 years (1817 vs. 1943 deaths; hazard ratio [HR], 0.93 [95% CI, 0.87 to 0.99]), along with a 6% increase in CVD mortality (2621 vs. 2420 deaths; HR, 1.06 [CI,\u00a01.01 to 1.12]).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As both risks are of borderline significance and we don’t trust P values <\/a>alone, my conclusion is: vitamin D supplementation doesn’t prevent cancer.<\/p>\n

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