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Sunshine prescribed for longer life
Jun 24 2008, Ankita

Vitamin D which has made its importance felt in our lives by the role it plays in strengthening our bones has now, according to a research, been credited as being the key to longer life. A research conducted has linked low Vitamin D levels with deaths...

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