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Ontario Bill 83 – Teen Ban
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Khalil Ramal, MPP for the London Fanshaws area has filed a Private Member’s Bill in the Ontario legislature to ban teens from tanning indoors. With fines up to $2000.00 per infraction for salons that let someone tan under the age of nineteen.… continue reading
Vitamin D recommendations for teens may be too low
Thursday, June 12, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adolescents can safely take, and may need, vitamin D doses that are up to 10 times what is generally recommended, a small study suggests. In a trial that followed 340, 10- to 17-year-olds for one year, Lebanese researchers found that vitamin D doses equivalent to 2,000 IU per day were not only safe, but also achieved more-desirable blood levels of the vitamin.… continue reading
Vitamin D good for men’s hearts?
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
WILL DUNHAM
WASHINGTON — Men with low levels of vitamin D have an elevated risk for a heart attack, researchers said on Monday in the latest study to identify important possible health benefits from the “sunshine vitamin.” In the study, men classified as deficient in vitamin D were about 2.5 times more likely to have a heart attack than those with higher levels of the vitamin.… continue reading
Breastfed babies lack vitamin D
Monday, June 9, 2008
PAUL TAYLOR ptaylor@globeandmail.com
There appears to be a downside to the growing resurgence of mothers breastfeeding their infants – some babies are now suffering from vitamin D deficiency. Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston conducted blood tests on 365 seemingly healthy babies and found 40 per cent of them had below optimal levels of the bone-building vitamin and 12 per cent were clearly deficient in the nutrient.… continue reading
Vitamin D intake to attain a desired Blood Level
Monday, June 9, 2008
Vitamin D intake to attain a desired serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration1,2,3 John F Aloia, Manish Patel, Rhett DiMaano, Melissa Li-Ng, Sonia A Talwar, Mageda Mikhail, Simcha Pollack and James K Yeh 1 From the Bone Mineral Research Center, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY Background: Indirect evidence suggests that optimal vitamin D status is achieved with a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration >75 nmol/L.… continue reading
