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Can Using an Indoor UV Device Improve Your Vitamin D Levels?
Friday, March 18, 2022
When considering using a source of artificial UV light, it is important to be aware of the type of UV, its safety, and the physiological effects it may produce, especially in terms of vitamin D. continue reading
Keep yourself healthy with the sunshine vitamin
Friday, March 18, 2022
Supplementing vitamin D at 2000 IU daily for five years reduced risk of autoimmune disease by 22 percent. These included rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica and other autoimmune conditions. Adding 1000 mg of an Omega-3 supplement gave even a better reduction of 32 percent. continue reading
Deadly form of skin cancer ‘overdiagnosed’ in some patients, study finds
Friday, March 18, 2022
"Our study estimates that a significant proportion of these early melanomas are likely overdiagnosed, meaning if left alone they would never have caused symptoms or death in a patient's lifetime," said Adamson, an assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Texas at Austin. continue reading
Federal government to end pre-arrival COVID testing for travellers entering Canada
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
The federal government is expected to announce as soon as tomorrow that travellers entering Canada will no longer have to take a pre-arrival COVID-19 test, CBC News has learned. The government's vaccine mandate for domestic and international flights departing from Canada, for VIA Rail and Rocky Mountaineer trains and for cruise ships will remain in effect for now, sources said. continue reading
Sunlight Institute Responses to Sun Articles 261
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Sunlight Institute Responses to Sun Articles 261
https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/should-we-apply-sunscreen-in-winters-heres-what-skin-experts-say/
Please do not promote sunscreens. Here are some facts you should know about sunscreens and sunburns:
First, in the U.S. sun exposure has decreased by 90% since 1935. During that same period, melanoma has increased by 3,000%. … continue reading
