"Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal infection in US women of childbearing age, and is common in pregnant women...Since Vitamin D is the cure du jour, you can bet that more research money will be pushed its way.
Vitamin D may play a role in BV because it exerts influence over a number of aspects of the immune system. This hypothesis is circumstantially supported by the fact that BV is far more common in black than white women, and vitamin D status is substantially lower in black than white women...
In summary, these findings suggest that vitamin D insufficiency is associated with BV in the first 4 mo of pregnancy. Further, poor vitamin D status may contribute to the strong racial disparity in the prevalence of BV in US women."
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Link Between Vitamin D Insufficiency And Bacterial Vaginosis In Pregnant Women
Apparently Vitamin D is so good, it even works where the sun don't shine.
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