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Eating too much sugar can lead to sagging skin, cancer: You Docs

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
 
Dr. Michael Roizen, right, and Dr. Mehmet Oz.
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My husband and I weren’t visited by many greedy goblins this Halloween. Now there’s a huge stash of leftover candy tempting us.
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Vitamin D Day in 20 cities

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

By Mike Youds
Daily News Staff Reporter

In one of the darkest months of the year, a local cancer survivor wants to make people aware of the so-called sunshine vitamin. Many Canadians have less than optimal levels of Vitamin D, a deficiency compounded at this time of year by the country’s northern climate and fewer daylight hours.
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Canadian women wanted for vitamin D study

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Canadian women wanted for vitamin D study
Toronto Sun
A new global study looking at the link between increased vitamin D levels and a reduction in breast cancer needs help from Canadian women. The women who take part in the GrassrootsHealth Breast Cancer Prevention Study in Canada will be asked to …
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Shining new light on the sunshine vitamin

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
 Repaired Vitamin D: once known as the sunshine vitamin, it’s taken a lot of heat over the years for its link to skin cancer.
But some researchers say it’s actually the key to good health. Video: Maria Hayes reports: http://www.chch.com/index.php/home/item/5931-shining-new-light-on-the-sunshine-vitamin Carole Baggerly is conducting her own Vitamin D study, examining its impact on the fight against breast cancer.… continue reading

Vitamin D decreases all-cause mortality in elderly women with insufficiency

Monday, October 31, 2011
 

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality (Dobnig H et al. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168:1340-1349). Studies have suggested that vitamin D supplementation may reduce cancer and cardiovascular disease, but evidence for the effects of supplementation on mortality has been inconsistent.

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