In the News
Boston University School of Medicine professor honored by the Endocrine Society
Friday, June 17, 2011
(Boston) – Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD, director of the General Clinical Research Center and professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), is this year’s recipient of The Delbert A. Fisher Research Scholar Award from the Endocrine Society for his scholarly work on the history of endocrinology.… continue reading
Sun CAN Actually Help Protect You Against Skin Cancer
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Too much of a good thing can be bad. Ultraviolet rays in sunlight is good for your health, but can certainly damage your skin increasing your odds of developing skin cancer. But try not to avoid sunshine like bats because first in most cases skin cancer is not deadly, and second, if you avoid sunlight and suffer vitamin D deficiency, you are more likely to die from other more serious diseases.… continue reading
Tanning beds draw heat – Sarnia ON
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Is there a place for municipal leaders in the tanning beds of the city?
Coun. Any Bruziewicz doesn’t think so.
City councillors should stick to city business and not get their “hand stuck” in other’s business, he said at Monday’s council meeting.… continue reading
More evidence that sunlight prevents breast cancer and other cancers—at all ages.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Those who would frighten us away from the sun continue to propagandize that sunlight causes cancer. They sometimes have the decency to say “melanoma” rather than lump all cancers together, but they are dead wrong on that front also; most major cancers, including melanoma, are dramatically reduced by regular sunlight exposure (for references, see the cancer section in my book).… continue reading
What Do New FDA Sunscreen Regulations Mean?
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
June 15 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday issued its first update to chemical sunscreen product regulations in nearly 33 years — a ruling that has been delayed for decades by the sunscreen industry itself and which is already drawing sharp criticism from consumer protection groups.… continue reading
