Our last two posts highlighted the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among blacks and demonstrated the immense health potentials of correcting the deficiency. Today we answer one of the key parts of the question...
In our last post, we began the discussion about racial disparities in health, specifically that some of the same health problems that are more prevalent among blacks are also associated with vitamin D deficiency....
There is a branch of the National Institutes of Health, the medical research agency of the United States, called the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) whose charter is to lead...
As COVID-19 continues to quickly gain pandemic status, it is essential to recognize a pandemic that has been slowly growing in the background of this and many other diseases over the past several decades...
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS, aka wet lung) is a condition resulting from severe respiratory injury or illness, such as pneumonia, in which the air sacs of the lungs fill with fluid, preventing the...
Numerous health benefits have been associated with an Omega-3 Index of 8% or higher, however, most people are well below 8%. Among GrassrootsHealth participants, the average Omega-3 Index is 5.8% and less than 20%...
This has been a week of health-giving progress! We have seen increasing recognition of the vitamin D deficiency that must be ‘fixed’ before we can fully build our immune systems to help us prevent...
With current major changes and uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals are faced with increased amounts of stress, anxiety and depression. The most common class of all psychiatric disorders are anxiety disorders, affecting...
In our last post, we discussed a paper by Drs. Grant and Giovannucci on the 1918-1919 Influenza pandemic, highlighting the relationship between northern latitude and UVB, and incidence of pneumonia and case fatalities due...
In a paper published in 2009, Drs. William B. Grant and Edward Giovannucci, both members of the GrassrootsHealth Scientist Panel, reviewed data from the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the United States to determine if...