120: Midlife Vitamin D and Future Brain Tau Deposition

This episode dissects a study that investigates whether vitamin D levels in early midlife are linked to early brain indicators of dementia. Researchers analyzed data from the Framingham Heart Study, tracking participants for over 16 years to compare their initial blood samples with later PET scans.Mulligan MD, Scott MR, Yang Q, Wang R, Ghosh S, Johnson KA, et al. Association of circulating vitamin D in midlife with increased tau-PET burden in dementia-free adults. Neurol Open Access. 2026;2:e000057. doi:10.1212/WN9.0000000000000057.Follow Dr. Anthony Novello, PT, DPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@anthonynovello.dpt⁠⁠