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Older people who have a severe vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of developing dementia, a study has suggested.
UK researchers, writing in Neurology, looked at about 1,650 people aged over 65.
This is not the first study to suggest a link - but its authors say it is the largest and most robust.
However, experts say it is still too early to say elderly people should take vitamin D as a preventative treatment.
There are 800,000 people with dementia in the UK with numbers set to rise to more than one million by 2021.
Vitamin D comes from foods - such as oily fish, supplements and exposing skin to sunlight.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28674158
UK researchers, writing in Neurology, looked at about 1,650 people aged over 65.
This is not the first study to suggest a link - but its authors say it is the largest and most robust.
However, experts say it is still too early to say elderly people should take vitamin D as a preventative treatment.
There are 800,000 people with dementia in the UK with numbers set to rise to more than one million by 2021.
Vitamin D comes from foods - such as oily fish, supplements and exposing skin to sunlight.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28674158