Tips for Speaking at Academic Conferences
Submitted by art on Mon, 2007-05-07 07:11.
This isn't MS related, but it *does* relate to almost every academic talk on MS I've ever heard. Jonathan Shewchuk gives his opinion on what you should and should not do when giving academic talks. My experience says he's hit the nail on the head. If you are giving a talk about MS, please follow these simple, but powerful, suggestions on how to make it better.
MS and Vitamin D
My take on this article is the authors are merely recommending Dr's of MS'rs with higher disability scores have their vitamin D levels checked as higher disability leads to less out of doors activity, less sun exposure, and subsequently less vitamin D. I do not get the impression they are implying that lower levels of vitamin D have a causitive affect on diability, though other studies have suggested a positive impact on the immune system which may prevent or reduce future disability. For my part, I take about 1400 MG of D daily in combination with a calcium supplement (another benefit are studies suggesting up to a 50% reduction in pancreatic and colon cancer risk). This provides vitamin D without the skin damaging sun exposure. Hopefully there is a relationship there, though I don't think these authors are implying one.
Uhhhhhh . . .
I think you sent your comment to the wrong story.