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What are the Real Numbers in Canada?

Saturday, October 2, 2010
For the past 3 months Hound Dog, Joe Levy, Doug McNabb and myself have been working on numbers relating to skin cancer rates as they relate to indoor sunbathing. We started doing this when the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) proposed an under 18 ban for the Victoria CRD area on Vancouver Island June 23rd.… continue reading

Vitamin D testing should be covered for everyone in Ontario, groups urge

Friday, October 1, 2010
TORONTO – Vitamin D testing should be covered for everyone in Ontario as a means of preventing conditions such as osteoporosis, instead of limiting it to those already diagnosed, groups are urging the provincial government.
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New Survey Confirms the ‘Look Good, Feel Good’ Effect from Indoor Tanning

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

 
 
 
 
 
A new survey supports the view that people enjoy the look, control and self-esteem that is derived from tanning indoors. These results depict a much different attitude than what is being reported in beauty magazines and other media. TWI Franchising Inc.,
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To Sun or Not To Sun? A Rascally Question

Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Is it good or bad to spend time in the sun? The answer is: Yes.
You probably remember all those horrible but eminently preventable diseases we used to suffer from until scientists discovered vitamins. Scurvy, rescued by vitamin C. Night blindness, vitamin A.
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Half worldwide don’t get enough ‘D’

Monday, September 27, 2010

 

 
More vitamin D experts are starting to acknowledge the incredibly obvious: That worldwide vitamin D deficiency cannot be overcome with diet. Dr. Anthony Norman, a vitamin D expert from the University of California, told United Press International.
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