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Lamp Recycling FEE

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Dear Salon Owner, Effective immediately the Government has introduced new environmental fees on all indoor tanning lamps. See the below charts for specific rates. Please be aware these environmental fees will also be applicable to your home life too. Regulations and fees are different in QC and BC provinces.… continue reading

Higher vitamin D levels associated with fewer MS symptoms

Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012. The August, 2012 issue of the Annals of Neurology reported the finding of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco of a reduction in brain lesions and disease activity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who had higher levels of vitamin D.… continue reading

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

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