In the News
Breaking News: Popular Cancer Drug Declared More Harmful Than Helpful
Monday, January 10, 2011
The FDA has said that the controversial drug Avastin should be phased out as a treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Recent studies show that its benefits are outweighed by dangerous side effects.… continue reading
Vitamin D debate in Calgary
Monday, January 10, 2011
Called the sunshine vitamin some people are taking large doses in these dark days of winter. A lack of the vitamin has been linked to everything from child obesity to lung disease, diabetes to cancer to depression. Recent scientific opinion seems to favour supplements, but there is debate over how much to take.
… continue readingIs tanning debate the new tobacco war?
Saturday, January 8, 2011
As I sit at home in retirement, I feel a sense of déjà vu stemming from the current clash in the Capital Regional District between health professionals and a powerful industry over an apparent hazard to the public.
Derm Leader: Tans are Natural
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
“Working on a tan is analogous to training muscles; both, if done in moderation and reasonably, serve a worthwhile purpose.” — Dr. Bernard Ackerman, founder of the New York City-based Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology and author of The Sun and the ‘Epidemic’ of Melanoma: Myth on Myth.
San Diego Contemplating Selling Sunshine
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Smart Tan is always saying that if pharmaceutical companies could sell sunshine, they would in a heartbeat. It looks like one municipality is considering selling it themselves. Jerry Sanders, the mayor of San Diego, recently proposed that the city should sell its “sunshine rights” and then lease those rights back over time.
