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In recent years, several groups have launched smear campaigns against the sun and tanning, blurring the line between overexposure—a very real threat to our heath—and any exposure at all. The sunscreen industry constantly warns the public to “cover up” before venturing outside.… continue reading

Tom Spears, Vancouver Sun Julie Oliver, Canwest News Service Studies in Nebraska have shown a dramatic reduction in several types of cancers among women who took Vitamin D and calcium, and later studies have confirmed the results. CREDIT: Larry Wong, Canwest News Service David Schmidt, an employee at Boost Your Health health food store, holds up a Vitamin D pill at his store in west Edmonton.… continue reading

By Suzanne Bohan/Media News Group Inside a laboratory at Stanford University, researchers are confidently pursuing evidence that vitamin D plays an important role in breast and prostate cancer prevention. At Children’s Hospital Oakland, a famed nutritionist is convinced that widespread deficiency of vitamin D in the U.S.… continue reading

By Sean Cavanaugh MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations If you think the modern scientific literature is reading more and more like science fiction each day, get a load of this: apparently they are growing hearts in Minneapolis. More than an interestingly macabre headline, this represents a significant advancement toward a dream long held by transplant physicians, and allows for a more vivid imagining of the day when we have the technology to grow organs from an individual’s own stem cells.… continue reading

Dear BBC News team — The British Broadcasting Company on Monday broadcast a completely unsupportable statement about indoor tanning facilities, once again showing how anti-sun forces you turn to as credible sources are willing to distort research and say anything to support their over-the-top cause.… continue reading