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So many coupon sites, so little time

Thursday, February 24, 2011

If Groupon isn’t as ubiquitous as, say, Facebook, it’s getting there. The website, which offers daily coupons to local restaurants, bars and other businesses, has 60 million members worldwide, about half of whom live in North America. Those controversial Super Bowl ads surely introduced it to some new customers, too.

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Vitamin D conspiracy leads straight to Big Pharma

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

You’ve probably heard about the bad rap vitamin D has been getting lately. The argument goes something like this…the vitamin D crisis isn’t as bad as we thought. You probably don’t need as much of it as we thought. But it’s a free country.

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Higher Vitamin D Intake Needed to Reduce Cancer Risk

Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Media Contact: Kimberly E. Edwards kedwards@ucsd.edu 619-543-2707 Higher Vitamin D Intake Needed to Reduce Cancer Risk Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha have reported that markedly higher intake of vitamin D is needed to reach blood levels that can prevent or markedly cut the incidence of breast cancer and several other major diseases than had been originally thought. … continue reading

AAD: Vitamin D May Protect Against Some Melanomas

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Medical Dermatology

NEW ORLEANS – Calcium and vitamin D supplementation has been associated with a 50% lower risk of melanoma in postmenopausal women at increased risk due to a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer.
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SUPRE TAN® DONATES A PORTION OF PROCEEDS FROM EACH BOTTLE SOLD TO HELP PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF UV EXPOSURE IN CANADA

Monday, February 14, 2011
Dallas, TX — November 24, 2010 – Supre Tan is donating fifty cents to the Joint Canadian Tanning Association (JCTA) for each bottle of its newly released Impact Dark Tanning Bronzer and Impact Dark Tanning Maximizer it sells in Canada. The proceeds donated will help the JCTA partner with the Canadian government to foster a responsible, moderate approach to UV exposure in the best interest of Candian public health.… continue reading

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