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Tanning beds still popular: U.S. study
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
About one in five women in the United States use tanning beds despite research suggesting they can increase the risk of skin cancer, according to a new study.
The study in the December issue of Archives of Dermatology delved into common characteristics of indoor tanners.
… continue readingIs 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
