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American Indians, Alaska natives more likely to die from swine flu

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:43:00 +0000

By David Liu American Indian and Alaska Natives are at higher risk of dying from swine flu compared to other populations, according to a new study

Hilary

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:27:42 +0000

Native Americans are also more likely to live in poverty. This is the real story.

Erin

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:55:11 +0000

Hasn't the federal government been the providers of healthcare for Native Americans & Alaska Natives for decades?

Robert

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:34:57 +0000

Send us some vaccine!! Don't just sit around and watch us die! But be careful, it's cold up here in Alaska!

Philip

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:25:29 +0000

The author mentions in the last sentence vitamin D and information presented to the vitamin D council. There is a write-up on this evidence for vitamin D in protecting against swine flu here

http://healthjournalclub.blogspot.com/2009/11/vitamin-d-and-h1n1-swine-flu.html

Ted Hutchinson

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:19:35 +0000

Some USA hospitals are reported online as using 200,000iu Vitamin D3 to treat swine flu as suggested by Dr Cannell of the Vitamin D3 council. This is Stoss therapy and should only be undertaken for a few days at most.
Ideally having a reserve of D3 in your body provides sufficient circulating Calcidiol, however our bodies only begin to build D3 reserves over 50ng/ml so it's above 60ng/ml that we see associated with least chronic illness.