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North Oakville Today – Youths could be banned from tanning beds
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Michael Howie – North Oakville Today Jul 12, 2012
Youths could be banned from tanning beds Keeping youth healthy and preventing melanoma is the aim of a recent motion at the Town’s Administrative Services Committee to ban residents under the age of 18 from using tanning or sun beds.… continue reading
Pancreatic Cancer Risk Lowered By Exposure To Sun
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
10 Jul 2012
According to a study presented by Rachel Neale, Ph.D. at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Pancreatic Cancer: Progress and Challenges conference in June, the risk of pancreatic cancer is decreased in individuals with a history of skin cancer, as well as in those born in a location with high levels of ultraviolet radiation and in people whose skin is sensitive to sun.… continue reading
Skin cancer-promoting gene discovered
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Researchers have discovered a gene that plays a central role in black skin cancer, also known as melanoma. Suppressing this gene in mice inhibits the development of melanoma and its proliferation – a discovery that could pave the way for new forms of therapy.… continue reading
Health unit supports under-18 tanning ban – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph
Friday, July 6, 2012
July 05, 2012 Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph
Public Health has sent letters in support of Bill 74, the Skin Cancer Prevention Act, to local MPPs, Premier Dalton McGuinty, and the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Deb Matthews. A 2007 study found that 60 percent of tanning salons in Toronto did not ask the youth clients their age, nor prohibit them from tanning.… continue reading
Vitamin D in high doses may prevent fractures
Friday, July 6, 2012
Posted: Jul 5, 2012 2:04 PM ET
Getting enough vitamin D has long been associated with maintaining healthy bones, and now a new international study gives some idea of how much supplementation an older person needs to prevent fractures. The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), suggests 800 international units (IU) daily of vitamin D may help reduce the risk of hip and other bone fractures.… continue reading
