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Sarah-Kate Templeton, Health Editor Women due to give birth in winter should use a sun lamp during the final three months of pregnancy to protect their child from osteoporosis in later life, doctors have suggested. They made their recommendation as research found that children born to mothers whose final three months of pregnancy included a summer month were 40% less likely to suffer the bone-wasting condition in adult-hood.… continue reading

Article: Randolph Johansen After consulting a few beauty experts, it seems that the trend of tanning may be a thing of the past. Three critics had rather harsh words to say. “There is a new truism in the beauty world and that is: tanning is trash.”… continue reading

The Wall Street Journal last week questioned the validity of vitamin D research conducted by vitamin D pioneer Dr. Michael Holick, whose acceptance of $160,000 in funding from the UV Foundation has ties to the indoor tanning industry. The UV Foundation is affiliated with the Indoor Tanning Association.… continue reading

By Stephen Daniells The benefits of vitamin D for brain health may warrant recommendations for supplements in groups at risk of low levels, leading American scientists say. Bruce Ames and Joyce McCann from the Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland state that the evidence overall indicates that inexpensive and prudent supplementation is warranted for groups whose vitamin D status is exceptionally low, particularly nursing infants, the elderly, and African Americans.… continue reading

Joy Colangelo Have you ever had the sinking feeling that everything you once thought of as true is just not the whole story? Let’s test reality a bit and play “What if?” What if sunscreen encouraged skin cancer? We now have several generations who have slathered on sunscreen their entire lives, yet skin cancer is on the rise even in this population.… continue reading