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Faced with packed gallery, CRD postpones decision on tanning beds

Thursday, December 9, 2010

The regional district is considering who can use commercial indoor tanning beds.

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Roving clinic measures pulse of Canadian adults

Thursday, December 9, 2010
Statistics Canada is moving beyond paper surveys to get a better sense of the health of Canadians by using a roving medical clinic that just rolled into Calgary.… continue reading

Action Alert: Is the Institute of Medicine in Bed with Big Pharma?

Thursday, December 9, 2010
As we reported last week [1], the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) new and absurdly low vitamin D recommendation flies in the face of scientific evidence. Now we need your help to get Congress to launch an investigation.… continue reading

Canadian Cancer Society encourages CRD to support ban on indoor tanning for youth under 18 at meeting tomorrow

Tuesday, December 7, 2010
VANCOUVER, Dec. 7 /CNW/ – The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is encouraging the Capital Region District (CRD) to support a proposal at their regular meeting tomorrow to ban indoor tanning for youth under 18.  If approved, the CRD will become the first BC jurisdiction to take this step.… continue reading

Weekend sunshine ‘can protect against skin cancer’

Monday, December 6, 2010

Regular doses of sunshine at the weekends can help protect against skin cancer, a new study has revealed.

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