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Though spending time in the sun is generally considered a bad thing as far as skin cancer goes, it can help prevent breast cancer. A study shows that women who stay inside more often are at a high risk for breast cancer than those who spend time outside.… continue reading

Calcium, vitamin D are critical to stopping bone loss August 14, 2007 6:00 AM I periodically obsess about certain things. I become totally focused on an off-the-beaten-track topic and cannot get it out of my head. Right now it’s vitamin D and calcium.… continue reading

By Gwen Schoen McClatchy Vitamin D is often known as the sunshine vitamin. Do you know why? Here’s a quiz to find out how much you know about vitamin D and why it is an important part of a well-balanced diet.… continue reading

HEIDI SOPINKA Most people well versed in the wrinkle-inducing, cancer-causing effects of UV rays are slapping on a lot of sunscreen this summer. But a new study by the Environmental Working Group, a Washington non-profit, could change all that. After investigating the chemicals in almost 800 sunscreens, the study reveals a dangerous chink in the solar armour.… continue reading

Science Daily — Scientists at Keele University in Staffordshire have questioned the safety of aluminium added to sunscreens and sunblocks. The researchers, Scott Nicholson, BSc, and Dr Christopher Exley, PhD, Birchall Centre for Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Science at Keele, measured the aluminium content of sunscreens/sunblocks, which either include or do not include an aluminium salt (for example, aluminium hydroxide, aluminium oxide, aluminium silicate, aluminium stearate, aluminium starch octenylsuccinate) as an ingredient.… continue reading