VITAMIN D IS NEW OLD-FASHIONED TB TREATMENT SAY LONDON SCIENTISTS
May 1st, 2007
BY MONICA DOBIEAN OLD-FASHIONED treatment for tuberculosis might be reintroduced now the disease has proved resistant to new-fashioned antibiotics. A British study has found that a single dose of vitamin D may be enough to boost the immune system to fight against tuberculosis.Researchers from Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London identified an extraordinarily high incidence of vitamin D deficiency amongst communities in London most at risk from the disease, which kills around two million people annually worldwide.In the pre-antibiotic past, TB ...
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