In the News
Let’s all steal some sunshine (it’s good for us)
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Rosie Schwartz, National Post
Canadians have long been in the dark about a powerful disease fighter. But lately, thanks to a slew of new studies, vitamin D is a nutrient whose importance is finally coming to light. For many years, it seemed to simply piggyback with calcium as a partner in promoting bone health, and usually a much lesser partner at that.… continue reading
Adequate sun exposure no guard against low vitamin D
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
By Will Boggs, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In many people, vitamin D levels can remain low despite abundant exposure to sunlight, research shows. Inadequate sun exposure is often blamed for the high prevalence of low vitamin D status, the authors explain, but the truth of this has been unclear.… continue reading
Vitamin D Deficiency Still Persists in Babies
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
A study led by a Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO )researcher has found that children and babies are falling prey to vitamin D deficiency –Rickets. Despite the fact that generation subsists on cod liver oil, fortified milk, vitamin supplements and sunshine, vitamin D deficiency rickets has persisted in too many children in Canada.… continue reading
The dark side of sunscreen chemicals
Friday, June 29, 2007
By ADRIA VASIL Q
Are sunscreen chemicals doing us more harm than a little sun exposure? A Come summer, light-deprived Canadians slap on the solar armour like it’s going out of style. Though I have to admit I suck at the sunscreen thing.… continue reading
So how come we didn’t know about vitamin D?
Thursday, June 28, 2007
WARREN BELL AND ALAN CASSELS
Think health policy-makers make decisions about what’s in the public’s best interest and based on the best science? Think again. While it may seem that decisions about health policy are made by people driven by concern with the public good, it’s clear they get lots of help, encouragement and advice from corporate CEOs whose key concern is not the public good, per se, but keeping shareholders happy.… continue reading
