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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.
A Story of Breast Cancer
Thursday, October 1, 2015
In 2005, when I had breast cancer, I learned many things. I truly came to understand that one of the biggest things one faces with a serious disease is a challenge to one's values. At the beginning, when diagnosed with a stage 3 tumor, 2.5 inches in diameter (yes, 2.5 inches), the oncologist said, "of course, you'll do surgery, chemo and radiation."
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Old sunscreen may be giving you skin cancer
Monday, September 28, 2015
Most commercial sunblocks are good at preventing sunburn, but they can go below the skin’s surface and enter the bloodstream. As a result, they pose possible hormonal side effects and could even be promoting the kind of skin cancers they’re designed to prevent. continue reading
