Vitamin D Relieves Pain in Breast Cancer, Study
by Zangani • 10 November 2011 • Pain News
A new study demonstrates that high-dose vitamin D helps to relieve debilitating joint and muscle pain in women with breast cancer who are taking estrogen-lowering drugs to shrink the tumors. This is yet another demonstration of vitamin D’s possible role in maintaining bone health while also aiding musculoskeletal aches and pains. According to a news release from Washington University, St. Louis