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Moderate exposure to UVB light can solve vitamin D deficiency: MD
Thursday, May 13, 2010
TORONTO, ONTARIO, MEDIA RELEASE–(Marketwire – May 13, 2010) – It’s time to take a common sense approach to UVB light exposure primarily because moderate UVB light exposure year round will help solve Canada’s vitamin D deficiency epidemic, says Dr. Zoltan Rona, a Toronto doctor specializing in complementary and alternative medicine.
Study: Vitamin D Vital for Pregnant Women
Friday, May 7, 2010
Reported May 3, 2010
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Taking vitamin D supplements during pregnancy is not only safe for mother and baby, it can also prevent preterm infections, labor and births.
… continue readingTanning beds: What do the numbers really mean?
Friday, May 7, 2010
http://www.healthjournalism.org/blog/2010/05/tanning-beds-what-do-the-numbers-really-mean/
by Pia Christensen
Filed under: Health data, Health journalism, Studies This is a guest post from Ivan Oransky, M.D., editor of Reuters Health and AHCJ’s treasurer, written at my invitation. May has been declared “Melanoma Awareness Month” or “Skin Cancer Awareness Month“ – depending on which group is pitching you – and reporters are doubtlessly receiving press releases and announcements from a number of groups, including the Melanoma Research Foundation, the Skin Cancer Foundation, hospitals, doctors and other organizations.… continue reading
Filed under: Health data, Health journalism, Studies This is a guest post from Ivan Oransky, M.D., editor of Reuters Health and AHCJ’s treasurer, written at my invitation. May has been declared “Melanoma Awareness Month” or “Skin Cancer Awareness Month“ – depending on which group is pitching you – and reporters are doubtlessly receiving press releases and announcements from a number of groups, including the Melanoma Research Foundation, the Skin Cancer Foundation, hospitals, doctors and other organizations.… continue reading
Vitamin D Best Taken With Largest Meal of Day, Study Finds
Friday, May 7, 2010
