Pages tagged with "Darker Skin"
- Skin scars (Keloids) more likely if low vitamin D, poor Vitamin D receptor, or dark skin
- Virus and Dark Skin - many studies
- US coalition of Black and Latino churches hope to reduce the 3X COVID-19 disparity
- COVID-19 mortality for Blacks is 5X that for whites in 2 LA Hospitals
- Low vitamin D associated with increased COVID-19 risk (in this case black women 1.7X)
- Evolution of human skin color – Jablonski
- COVID-19 was the third-leading cause of death in the US, especially in those with dark skins
- Prefer 40 – 60 ng of Vitamin D to minimize COVID-19
- Those with recent cancer diagnosis had 7X increased risk of COVID-19 (more if A-A )
- 26 health factors increase the risk of COVID-19 – all are proxies for low vitamin D
- African American Health Disparities are associated with low Vitamin D - Grant
- Healthcare workers at higher risk of COVID-19 if low vitamin D, especially if dark skin
- Deaths after Cancer Surgery higher in blacks (probably low vitamin D)
- Shift workers 2X more likely to get COVID-19 (low Vitamin D)
- COVID-19 was killing dark-skinned doctors, then they got a Vitamin D recommendation
- COVID-19 antibodies 2.6 X more likely if had symptoms and low vitamin D (UK hospital staff)
- After Heart Failure Blacks are 45 percent more likely to re-enter the hospital in a month
- Vitamin D could knock out COVID-19 in 3 months – Dr. Matthews interview
- Rate of COVID-19 test positive is 40 pcnt lower if high vitamin D (192,000 people) - Holick
- COVID-19 increased 3.5 X if Ultra-Orthodox (cloth) Sept, 2020