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Report: Derms Misbrand Sunscreen

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
 
 
Many dermatologists who sell chemical sunscreen products in their own offices are improperly, and perhaps illegally, counseling patients that sunscreen prevents skin cancer — an advertising claim that the U.S. government does not allow sunscreen retailers to make, a report in the San Francisco Post’s on-line issue alleges.
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How Much Sunscreen Is Needed During Vitamin D Winter?

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
November marks the beginning of Vitamin D Winter . It’s a four-to-six month period where the days are shorter and sunshine is weak for people to create sufficient natural Vitamin D. Obviously a serious…
How Much Sunscreen Is Needed During Vitamin D Winter?
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Ontario considers curbing vitamin D testing

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The much-hyped benefits of vitamin D have become so tantalizing that doctors in Ontario last year ordered nearly three-quarters of a million of the blood tests that determine a patient’s level of the sunshine vitamin. But the growing popularity has become a major issue.
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Doctors asked to cut back on vitamin D tests in BC

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
 British Columbians could soon find it harder to have vitamin D tests prescribed by their doctors and paid for by the province — which wants to rein in the 17-fold increase in such tests in recent years.
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Balancing the Risks: Skin Cancer Patients Are Deficient in Vitamin D

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
 It’s a health conundrum that doctors have been trying to resolve for several years now: most Americans are deficient in vitamin D, which can help to build bones and even protect against certain cancers and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, but the most efficient source of D, the sun, can also trigger skin cancers. 
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