The Structures of Life in PDF Chapter 4: Structure-Based Drug Design: From the Computer to the Clinic In 1981, doctors recognized a strange new disease in the United States. The first handful of patients suffered from unusual cancers and pneumonias.
A recent randomized controlled trial found that vitamin K supplementation in conjunction to vitamin D supplementation reduced the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) significantly more so than supplementing with vitamin D alone.
Vitamin D deficiency symptoms have been correlated with increased risks for cancer development, especially breast, colon, and prostate cancers. (10) Vitamin D can affect the risk of breast, colon and ovarian cancers possibly due to its role in the cell life cycle or its ability to block excess estrogen. (11)