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Re:Vitamin D Insufficiency is Prevalent in Severe Covid-19 by downerending on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @04:51PM (#23024134)
If you're a man, you can give blood to get this effect. I believe there was a study linking this to a decline in diabetes risk (or something like that).
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Re:Vitamin D Insufficiency is Prevalent in Severe Covid-19 by kylek on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @05:02PM (#23024257)
If you're a man you'd use leeches.
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Re:Vitamin D Insufficiency is Prevalent in Severe Covid-19 by downerending on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:29PM (#23025285)
Or periodic woodworking accident.
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Re:Vitamin D Insufficiency is Prevalent in Severe Covid-19 by Turing_Machine on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @08:26PM (#23026230)
Or combat.
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Re:Vitamin D Insufficiency is Prevalent in Severe Covid-19 by nradov on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:32PM (#23025329)
Excess iron appears to be more of a risk factor for heart disease than diabetes. This is suspected as a reason why pre-menopausal women have a lower risk of heart attack than men and post-menopausal women. This is still an area of active research and not really proven.
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Re:Vitamin D Insufficiency is Prevalent in Severe Covid-19 by downerending on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @07:51PM (#23025990)
Yes, that, too. I was thinking of this, but I think they're all closely related. And hey, even if the science doesn't pan out, you've still probably helped someone out with your donation.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-018-00382-9

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