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Slapping on sunscreen may cause skin damage
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Written by JuniorDr Team
Simply slapping on some sunscreen may cause more harm than good, according to a study due to be published in New Scientist later this month. Research carried out at the University of California found that if people apply sunscreen less than once every two hours they might be better off not using any at all due to the effect of free radicals.… continue reading
Some tanning can help fight blood cancer, study shows
Saturday, January 12, 2008
NEW YORK — Recreational sun exposure could help prevent a type of blood cancer involving the lymph nodes called non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), according to pooled data from 10 studies. “These results … could be taken to suggest that if sun exposure does protect against NHL it is an intermittent pattern of sun exposure that is the most protective,” Dr.… continue reading
Vitamin D & Hypertension
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Optimal vitamin D status attenuates the age-associated increase in systolic blood pressure in white Americans: results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey1,2,3 Suzanne E Judd, Mark S Nanes, Thomas R Ziegler, Peter WF Wilson and Vin Tangpricha 1 From the Nutrition and Health Sciences Program, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (SEJ, TRZ, and VT), the Divisions of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Lipids (MSN, TRZ, and VT) and Cardiology (PWFW), Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Background: The prevalences of both hypertension and vitamin D insufficiency are high in the United States.… continue reading
Seafood and Sunshine a recipe for Good Health
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Melbourne Pathology director, Ken Sikaris, who oversees about 1500 vitamin D tests a week, has said around half his patients have insufficient levels. It is a very serious situation.” Mr Palmer said extra sunlight and extra seafood were excellent ways to boost Vitamin D back to healthy levels.… continue reading
Lack Of Vitamin D May Increase Heart Disease Risk
Saturday, January 12, 2008
ScienceDaily— The same vitamin D deficiency that can result in weak bones now has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, Framingham Heart Study researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. “Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, above and beyond established cardiovascular risk factors,” said Thomas J.… continue reading
