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SUNBEDS BAN FOR UNDER 18S in UK
Thursday, April 1, 2010
By Victoria Fletcher
CHILDREN under 18 will be banned from sunbeds after MPs approved new measures following concern about the rising number of skin cancer victims.
The law will prevent children from using tanning machines anywhere in England and Wales.
It will also outlaw thousands of coin-operated tanning booths that are unstaffed.
FDA Panel: Restrict Tanning Beds
Monday, March 29, 2010
By Daniel J. DeNoon
March 25, 2010 — The FDA should keep children and teens from using tanning beds — or at least make sure their parents have signed a consent form warning of tanning-bed dangers, an FDA advisory panel today recommended.
… continue readingMarch 25, 2010 — The FDA should keep children and teens from using tanning beds — or at least make sure their parents have signed a consent form warning of tanning-bed dangers, an FDA advisory panel today recommended.
Top up Vitamin D in the sun or pop a supplement, say researchers
Monday, March 29, 2010
David Rose, Health Correspondent
Britons should not shy away from sunshine in summer and should take a daily supplement of vitamin D in winter in order to address serious levels of deficiency, experts say.
Statistics That Say Canadians Get Enough Vitamin D May Be Misleading
Friday, March 26, 2010
The vast majority of Canadians get enough vitamin D to stave off rickets and ensure their bone health, though that may not be where the vitamin D bar ought to be set, a new study from Statistics Canada reveals.
The first ever effort to measure vitamin D in the blood of Canadians found only four per cent were deficient, meaning they were at risk of developing rickets, a bone-bending condition.
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