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Debbie Mason
Consultant neurologist at Christchurch Hospital and MS researcher specializing in vitamin D and multiple sclerosis epidemiology
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Jun 18, 2026
Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis: Separating Evidence from Expectation
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Brett DrummondHOST
But if we think about epidemiological evidence to start with, what has that told us about the relationship between vitamin D and the risk of developing MS? Debbie, maybe I'll start with you.
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2:53Debbie MasonGUEST
And so I come to this question quite a lot from a sort of a clinical approach.
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2:59Debbie MasonGUEST
I think one of the things that it's really important to recognize is the role of vitamin D in a person in developing MS and as opposed to its role as a disease-modifying treatment.
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3:15Debbie MasonGUEST
And one of the things I think that has been sort of confusing in this space is that Some of the work is around people who already have MS or at very high risk of MS probably do have MS, as opposed to the factors that may make people at risk of developing the disease compared to somebody who doesn't develop MS.
10 MINS LATER

Eric ThouvenotGUEST
This reduction of radiological activity was not translated in reduction of relapses risk over the time because we just then treated the patients with DMTs and stopped the trial.