In the News
Teens may be barred from tanning beds
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
B.C. weighs outright ban or requiring youths to have parental consent.
Parliamentary Committee on the issue of skin cancer and artificial tanning – Quebec
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 20, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) will present its brief on artificial UV rays and the artificial tanning industry before the Committee on Health and Social Services this afternoon, February 20, at 2:30 p.m.
… continue readingVitamin D could be weapon against MS
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
A clinical trial will test whether Vitamin D can help fight multiple sclerosis (MS).
If successful, researchers say the trial could open the door to a treatment which is 100 times cheaper than other drugs available.… continue reading
Beating the winter blahs – Chilliwack Times
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
By Cornelia Naylor, The Times February 21, 2012
Groundhogs north of the border may have predicted an early spring this year, but for some people living here, the shortest month of the year still seems to drag on forever.
Could Vitamin D help health — and health care costs?
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 02/15/2012 – 15:05
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Dr. Greg Plotnikoff has spent more than a decade evangelizing about the health benefits of vitamin D to his medical colleagues across the globe.
Now the Minneapolis-based internist and pediatrician is turning to corporate America, hoping his message will have new resonance amid soaring medical costs and a fragile economic recovery.
