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Docs Use Tanning Bed to Treat 2-Year-Old’s Skin Disease
Monday, March 8, 2010
A 2-year-old girl in Britain who is suffering from a rare skin disease that causes blistering all over her body is fighting it by spending time in a tanning bed, the Daily Mail reported.
Stephanie Brown was born with diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis, which affects one in every 500,000 people.… continue reading
Working outdoors reduces male kidney cancer risk, study says
Monday, March 8, 2010
Research shows vitamin D, produced by skin when exposed to ultraviolet light, associated with reduced rate of renal cancer
Exposure to sunlight reduces the risk of kidney cancer among men working outdoors, a study has found. Photograph: AP
Men who work outdoors, enabling their bodies to create vitamins through exposure to sunlight, have a reduced risk of kidney cancer, researchers said today.Sunshine linked to immune system boost
Monday, March 8, 2010
Sunshine stimulates your immune systems’ vitamin D and T cells. We rely on solar energy to enable our bodies to stave off infections and fight disease, researchers say.
… continue readingSome nano-sunscreens ‘come at a cost’
Monday, March 8, 2010
By Anna Salleh for ABC Science Online
The most effective nanoparticles in some invisible sunscreens might also be the most toxic, suggests a new Australian modelling study. The study, by Dr Amanda Barnard of CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering in Melbourne, appears in today’s issue of Nature Nanotechnology.… continue readingSunny Dispositions
Monday, March 8, 2010
Vitamin D deficiency may be the most common medical problem in the world
By Cynthia K. Buccini
Researchers have known for decades that vitamin D is crucial for healthy bones, but recent studies have shown that the vitamin plays an important role in myriad functions in the body.