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Is Vitamin D a cure-all?
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
U.S. study says we get enough, but McGill prof counters the nutrient provides numerous benefits beyond bone health
By CHARLIE FIDELMAN, The GazetteDecember 20, 2010
The Institute of Medicine recommendations on vitamin D are a new low in ignorance and data suppression.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
The Institute of Medicine (IOM), a health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, has just released its long-awaited vitamin D supplementation recommendations. To the disappointment of the world’s leading vitamin D scientists, those recommendations make a mockery of an exhaustive body of scientific research.
… continue readingHow Much Vitamin D? What’s Missing From the New Recommendations
Sunday, December 19, 2010
One day, vitamin D seems like the cure for everything, and the next, we are inundated with warnings about dangers and lack of science. Confusion is rampant about the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI’s) for Calcium and Vitamin D recently released from the Institute of Medicine.
… continue readingAustralians have highest rate of skin cancer: study
Friday, December 17, 2010
SYDNEY — Australia’s sun worshipping culture means the country’s 22 million people are 13 times more likely to develop skin cancer than the global average, according to a new study released Thursday.… continue reading
Joint position statement issued to provide vitamin D clarity
Friday, December 17, 2010
Cancer Research UK has joined with the British Association of Dermatologists, Diabetes UK, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, the National Heart Forum, the National Osteoporosis Society and the Primary Care Dermatology Society to issue a joint position statement on vitamin D.… continue reading
