Low Levels of 'Sunlight' Vitamin Raise Heart Risk

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LACK of vitamin D has been blamed for everything from weakened bones to rickets, but now a study has revealed it increases the risk of a heart attack.

The research, conducted in the United States, could have major implications for Scotland - a country keen to shake off its "sick man of Europe" title with one of the world's worst records on cardiovascular disease.

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Low Levels of 'Sunlight' Vitamin Raise Heart Risk

The study looked at1,739 patients, all children of original participants in the Framingham Heart Study, a ma...

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