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Scientists Say ‘Health Warning’ Needed on Vit D/COVID-19 Preprint
A preprint study, showing that vitamin D (calcifediol, [25(OH)D3]) given to patients hospitalized...
Dr Fauci says take vitamin D if you are deficient – here’s how to know
While Dr. Anthony Fauci admits most “so-called immune boosting” supplements being marketed amid...
Leading French experts advise vitamin D to counter Covid-19
Over 70 experts have called for the supplement to be given to people in France – especially those...
Vitamin D and covid: Experts say more research needed
Interest in vitamin D supplements has spiked during the pandemic as many people have sought...
Sorting Out Whether Vitamin D Deficiency Raises COVID-19 Risk
Even Anthony Fauci, MD, has said he takes a vitamin D supplement. Vitamin D “does have...
Op-Ed: Don’t Let COVID-19 Patients Die With Vitamin D Deficiency – We can’t wait for perfect evidence.
The response to the pandemic, therefore, should include...
COVID-19 Preys on Those with Vitamin D Deficiency
COVID-19 is disproportionately worse for people with low vitamin D levels. 35-40% of the world's population is deficient in vitamin D...
Study finds over 80% of COVID-19 Patients have Vitamin D Deficiency
Over 80 percent of 200 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Spain have vitamin D deficiency, according...
Trump is taking vitamin D, zinc, antacids…
While there’s no significant research that natural health products like zinc, antacids and melatonin have an impact on coronavirus treatment, what can they help with that...
Meet The Expert
Dr. Vatsal G. Thakkar, M.D.
Vatsal G. Thakkar, M.D. is a physician founder and chief medical officer of Reimbursify, has a decade-long background in academic medicine, and has studied and treated vitamin D deficiency in over 1000 patients as an integrative psychiatrist. Since the coronavirus pandemic, he’s published two op-eds on vitamin D’s effects on the novel coronavirus, including one coauthored with former Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD, MPH. He’s a signatory to the Vitamin D for All open letter, signed by over 200 international doctors and scientists. Find a copy of the letter, his Op-Eds, and a personalized vitamin D dose calculator on his website: www.vatsalthakkar.com
