In the News
Radiotherapy ’causes cancer to spread’
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
But some experts warn that doctors should avoid using it for skin cancer because it can hasten the spread of the disease. Researchers found when radiotherapy was used to treat skin cancer in mice, certain cells within the tumour were able to resist it. continue reading
The role of vitamin D in athletic performance
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Until recently, the relationship between vitamin D and athletic performance received minimal attention. My colleagues and I began to evaluate this relationship in 2009, when we wrote the first paper about vitamin D and athletes in 50 years. continue reading
Vitamin D Is Not Harmful to Adolescents
Friday, September 4, 2015
First, it only involved nineteen obese adolescents, 13-18 years of age, which is a small sample size. But that’s not the major problem. The bigger problem, by far, is that they decided to test the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation by treating the adolescents with 100,000 IU of vitamin D3 orally once a month for 3 months. continue reading
Colds/Flu: What Happens to my D?
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Do you want to be part of the Project and make D with UV. If you're interested drop me a line continue reading
Sarah Carey… going to hell on a sunbed
Monday, August 31, 2015
The studies quoted were divided, with several concluding there was no association between sunbeds and skin cancer. When I informed my health-conscious friend of this, he warned me I'd be run out of town for suggesting sunbeds weren't the equivalent of the warp drive on the Enterprise. continue reading
