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Could Sunlight Deficiency lead to erectile dysfunction (ED)?
Monday, October 8, 2012
Submitted by Sunlight Institute Posted on Sunday, October 7, 2012By: Marc Sorenson, Sunlight Institute.
Earlier this year I published, with the assistance of Dr. William B Grant, a paper entitled “Does Vitamin D Deficiency Contribute to Erectile Dysfunction (ED)?”[i] In that paper, we made the point that low levels of vitamin D correlated to increased risk of cardiovascular diseases including heart attacks, strokes and heart failure.… continue reading
From the Vitamin D Society
Friday, October 5, 2012
Oct 01, 2012
A new study in European Journal of Heart Failure suggests that taking vitamin D supplements may help prevent premature death from heart failure. Israel Gotsman of Heart Institute, Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel and colleagues conducted the study and found patients with heart failure were more likely than controls to have vitamin D deficiency.… continue reading
Region banning youth from public tanning places
Thursday, October 4, 2012
If you’re not yet 18, stay away from commercial tanning beds. Peel Regional council last week approved a bylaw on the urging of staff, as well as a couple of people who made presentations, banning people younger than 18 from accessing tanning equipment in a tanning facility.… continue reading
More Than Skeletons in the Vitamin D Closet
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012 2:45 PM EST
The New York Academy of Sciences held a conference entitled “Vitamin D: Beyond Bone.” Scientists, physicians and nutritionists gathered in Manhattan to hear experts present cutting edge information in perhaps the most promising area of nutrition.… continue reading
Tanning Beds Linked to Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
10/1/2012 4:30 PM EDT Embargo expired: 10/2/2012 6:30 PM EDT Source: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Newswise
Indoor tanning beds can cause non-melanoma skin cancer – and the risk is greater the earlier one starts tanning, according to a new analysis led by UCSF.… continue reading
