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First Study to Examine Vitamin D Insufficiency in Pediatric Patients With Low Bone Density
Monday, June 2, 2008
Libraries Medical News Keywords NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL; VITAMIN D INSUFFICIENCY
Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description Vitamin D insufficiency is common in adults and is emerging in the world of pediatrics. A mild degree of vitamin D deficiency, also known as vitamin D insufficiency, causes rickets in children and can be treated with increased amount of nutritional vitamin D intake as well as increased sun exposure.… continue reading
Major study to say vitamin D shortage is more predictive of future a heart attack than cholesterol
Sunday, June 1, 2008
D-bomb is about to drop. A major study is about to be published showing low vitamin D levels are far more predictive for a future mortal heart attack than high cholesterol. There may not be enough vitamin D pills in the world to handle consumer demand once the results of this study are published.… continue reading
Doctors offer different views on sunlight & Melanoma
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Dermatology Times asks two leading dermatologists whether sun exposure triggers melanoma. Dr. Spencer Bernard Ackerman, M.D., director emeritus of the Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology in New York, and a professor of dermatology and pathology at Downstate University Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.,… continue reading
Tanning dispute rages in Canada
Sunday, June 1, 2008
KELOWNA, British Columbia — A Canadian association for the indoor tanning industry is taking issue with a dermatologist group’s claims the sun lamps don’t generate vitamin D. Doug McNabb, president of the Joint Canadian Tanning Association in Kelowna, British Columbia, issued a statement criticizing the Canadian Dermatology Association position on tanning lamps.… continue reading
Study backs vitamin D in cancer fight
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Louise Hall, Health Reporter
WOMEN who have low levels of vitamin D when they are diagnosed with breast cancer are almost twice as likely to see the cancer spread and 73 per cent more likely to die within 10 years, research has found.… continue reading
