Health Highlights: March 7, 2023
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
Vitamin D could help prevent dementia. Consuming the "sunshine vitamin" lowered the chances of dementia by 40%, when compared to those who didn't take supplements, new research showed. Read more
Most college athletes with genetic heart defects can safely play sports. In a study, 95% of college and professional athletes with diagnosed heart disease had no cardiac events while playing. Read more
There's almost nowhere on Earth free of air pollution. It's so widespread that only 0.001% of the world's population lives with safe levels of fine particulate matter known as PM2.5, researchers estimate. Read more
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