{"id":10682,"date":"2018-06-15T09:41:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10682"},"modified":"2018-06-15T09:41:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:41:53","slug":"does-vitamin-d-really-protect-against-colorectal-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10682","title":{"rendered":"Does Vitamin D Really Protect Against Colorectal Cancer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been clear for many years that vitamin D helps keep bones strong, but studies have been inconclusive and conflicting about the vitamin&#8217;s value in protecting against certain cancers, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/types\/colorectal\">colorectal cancer<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2018\/06\/14\/619896924\/does-vitamin-d-really-protect-against-colorectal-cancer?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=63787859&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8iJ1dStUMvTQbxlzHBOD3etWWczyFPurTyHTKt70Sr0YRe7-9-vuTqepyV0odtlNzu7GXp49780NNfg3qa-Kn008IyiA&amp;_hsmi=63787859\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR) It&#8217;s been clear for many years that vitamin D helps keep bones strong, but studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10683,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10682\/revisions\/10683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}