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Vitamin D may be associated with the survival of breast cancer patients
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Furthermore, we recommend women obtain their vitamin D by short periods of full-body, noontime, sun-exposure during times when one’s shadow is shorter that they are tall. Brief exposure to UV radiation using old fashioned, low-pressure sunbeds can also be used for this purpose. continue reading
Vitamin D may help rebuild muscle after menopause
Friday, October 2, 2015
While scientists have debated the benefits of vitamin D for postmenopausal women, authors of the current research saw a 45 percent increase in muscle strength in women receiving the supplements over the study’s nine-month period, compared to a 23 percent loss in the control group. continue reading
Discovery of Vitamin D for Prevention
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Epidemiologists at Johns Hopkins University discovered in the late 1980's and the University of California San Diego in the 1990's, that women who live in sunny places are relatively immune to breast cancer. continue reading
Urban meaning comes from science
Thursday, October 1, 2015
the urban meaning of vitamin D continue reading
How Does Vitamin D Prevent Breast Cancer?
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Feature Article
How Does Vitamin D Prevent Breast Cancer?
The Research
Studies from researchers on the GrassrootsHealth scientist
panel have shown that there is a correlation between vitamin D serum levels and breast cancer.
panel have shown that there is a correlation between vitamin D serum levels and breast cancer.
Cedric Garland, Dr. PH, FACE, UCSD School of Medicine, studied vitamin D serum levels of 1200 healthy, premenopausal women, 600 who later developed breast cancer and 600 who remained cancer-free, and found that those with the lowest levels of vitamin D within three months of their breast cancer diagnosis had a risk three times greater than those in the highest level group.
