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Boston University School of Medicine professor receives AACC’s Van Slyke Award
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
(Boston) – Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD, a professor at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), is the recipient of the 2010 Van Slyke Award from the American Academy for Clinical Chemistry New York Metro Section. The award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the science of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine.… continue reading
Symptoms of Vitamin D Deficiency
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The nutritional research community has been abuzz about Vitamin D lately, and it has a lot of people wondering if they’re getting enough. How do you know if you are? Are there Vitamin D deficiency symptoms to watch out for? If you have Vitamin D deficiency symptoms, what do you do now?… continue reading
Vitamin D and plenty of sun give a ray of hope in the breast cancer fight
Monday, December 13, 2010
A diet packed with Vitamin D combined with high levels of sunlight could reduce the risk of breast cancer in women by 43 per cent.
… continue readingSkin Cancer Where The Sun Don’t Shine
Monday, December 13, 2010
HPV Can Cause Skin Cancer
Not all skin cancers are from sun exposure. Viruses such as human papilloma virus (HPV), the virus that causes genital warts, also cause skin cancer. Skin cancer from HPV develops on genital skin in both men and women.
… continue readingFederal Government-Funded Study Fails to Recognize Value of Vitamin D
Monday, December 13, 2010
Scientific ignorance of past findings often has dire consequences for the present.
In 1934, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study on vitamin D overdose.24
The authors reported on 300 patients given high doses of vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) for asthma and hay fever.… continue reading
