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Want to live a few more years? Take vitamin D supplements!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
By David Liu, PHD
Monday Dec 19, 2011(foodconsumer.org) — A new study in the Jan 2012 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that getting lots of sunshine or taking vitamin D supplements may reduce risk of premature death.
… continue readingTanning bed use declines with more sunless tanning products
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Young women who get their tan out of a bottle may spend less time sunbathing or using tanning beds, two riskier behaviors, according to a new study.
Sunless Users Still Seek Sun: Study
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Nearly two-thirds of sunless tanning product users continue to tan in the sun or use indoor tanning services just as often after beginning usage of sunless tanning products, according to an Emory University study published this week in the Archives of Dermatology.
… continue readingCall for vitamin D supplements to tackle Scots MS rates
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
By Eleanor Bradford BBC Scotland Health Correspondent
Rates of multiple sclerosis are so “dire” in Scotland that essential foods should be fortified with vitamin D, according to an Oxford academic. Professor of clinical neurology George Ebers has published a study showing a strong link between the condition and vitamin D deficiency.… continue readingMP’s bill would ban tanning-bed use for under-18s
Friday, December 16, 2011
By: Mia Rabson
OTTAWA — Teenagers seeking a sun-kissed glow in the winter would be stuck with spray tans if a Manitoba MP gets his way.
Conservative MP James Bezan is seeking House of Commons approval for a bill that would prohibit the use of tanning equipment by anyone younger than 18.… continue reading
