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Anti-Aging Vitamin D: Better than any vaccine in preventing Flu

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

In the video below, Dr. Joe Prendergast, one of a growing number of experts who are recognizing the phenomenal health importance of vitamins, shares why, in many ways, vitamin D is more powerful than any vaccine you could take. video link http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xdLNMEXWTL8

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FDA Issues Red Light Letter

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
An indoor tanning sunbed re-lamped with red light lamps and marketed as a “red light therapy” unit needs to have proper U.S. Food and Drug Administration pre-market approval before being marketed for sale, the FDA said in a Dec. 21 letter to the Indoor Tanning Association.
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Dr Mercola on the Dr Oz Show

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The Dr. Oz Show: Information I Couldn’t Share

Video Links Dr Oz –  tanning bed part of the interview:
http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dr-joe-mercola-s-health-recommendations-pt-2 Here’s a video of Mercola expanding on the Dr. Oz interview: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/04/dr-mercola-on-the-dr-oz-show.aspx By Dr. Mercola
I was recently invited as a guest on The Dr.
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Show us the proof

Friday, December 30, 2011

By Steven Gilroy, Calgary Herald

 Re: “Shining a light on tanning hazards,” Letter, Dec. 17.
The Canadian Skin Cancer Foundation and their coalition believe the Alberta government should ban people under 18 from commercial tanning salons. But where is the proof that such a ban is needed?
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Quote of the Weak:Derm Leader Wrong On ‘D’ Math

Thursday, December 22, 2011

“Most people can get their daily fill of vitamin D by drinking a cup of milk and eating a 3-ounce serving of salmon.” — Dr. Susan Y Chon, dermatologist at the MD Anderson Cancer Canter at the University of Texas, as quoted in a United Press International story, “Skin expert: Get Vitamin D From Food.”

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