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Dermatology Group Misleading Public About Vitamin D: Vitamin D Council

Thursday, January 20, 2011
 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ – The nation’s largest dermatology organization is deliberately misleading the American public about vitamin D according to the Vitamin D Council, a non-profit group dedicated to ending vitamin D deficiency.
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Government’s Vitamin D Panel Actually Did Sunbeds a Favor

Thursday, January 20, 2011
The controversial panel from the government-commissioned Institute of Medicine that Nov. 30 oddly declared that North America does not have a vitamin D deficiency problem actually did those who believe in sunbeds a backwards favor.… continue reading

Good for New Brunswick, bad for British Columbia – Deputy chief medical officer of health swapping coasts

Thursday, January 20, 2011
Less than two years after being recruited to New Brunswick from Australia to serve as the province’s deputy chief medical officer of health, Dr. Paul Van Buynder is packing his bags.… continue reading

Did Canadian (Doctors) Lie To Push Tan Ban?

Wednesday, January 19, 2011
 
“There is no inherent, unique benefit. It is cosmetic.” — Dr. Richard Stanwick, the Vancouver Island health official who led the crusade to outlaw indoor tanning for those under 18 in the greater Victoria area in British Columbia, Canada last week, as quoted in a www.Canada.com
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Sunscreen or no sunscreen?Toxic fears spark some parents to rethink sunscreen

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

First it was pesticide-covered vegetables. Then it was bisphenol A in baby bottles and phthalate-ridden rubber duckies. Now eco-conscious parents have a new villain to target: sunscreen.

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