Today's Health Links December 3, 2013

Findings from a unique study underscore need for public health action on pain and disability in the elderly.

First Nations adults with diabetes have more than double the risk of end-stage kidney disease compared with non–First Nations adults, found a new study.

A new study suggests that a diet low in vitamin D causes damage to the brain.

In a new study, scientists accurately predicted (at a rate of 90%) which of their research subjects with mild cognitive impairment would receive a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease within the following two years, and which subjects would not develop this disease.