A street Hawker’s day in Dhaka
Mobile call from one of Manik Mian’s fellows breaks his sleep everyday at 3:30 a.m., not the rising rays of the sun peeping through the window. He is 60. (more…)
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Link between low vitamin D blood levels and heart disease varies by race
Low vitamin D blood levels are linked to greater risk of heart disease in whites and Chinese, but not in blacks and Hispanics, according to a study appearing this week in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Growing evidence has suggested that low blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin are associated with higher risk of developing coronary heart disease among whites. Few of these studies included substantial numbers of people from other races. (more…)