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A new study claims that vitamin D can treat multiple sclerosis. But is this trial groundbreaking or an outlier? Dr. Chris Labos finds that the answer is far more complicated than a simple “yes” or “no”.

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References: The D-Lay MS randomized trial:   https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2831270 The Mendelian Randomization study of vitamin D https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/NXG.0000000000000097 The early 2012 study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22354743/  The SOLAR study:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31594857/  The CHOLINE  study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31454777/  The VIDAMS study:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37125397/  The 2024 study on clinically isolated syndrome:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38085047/