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How Much Sunscreen Is Needed During Vitamin D Winter?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
How Much Sunscreen Is Needed During Vitamin D Winter?
Ontario considers curbing vitamin D testing
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The much-hyped benefits of vitamin D have become so tantalizing that doctors in Ontario last year ordered nearly three-quarters of a million of the blood tests that determine a patient’s level of the sunshine vitamin.
But the growing popularity has become a major issue.
… continue readingDoctors asked to cut back on vitamin D tests in BC
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
British Columbians could soon find it harder to have vitamin D tests prescribed by their doctors and paid for by the province — which wants to rein in the 17-fold increase in such tests in recent years.
Balancing the Risks: Skin Cancer Patients Are Deficient in Vitamin D
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
It’s a health conundrum that doctors have been trying to resolve for several years now: most Americans are deficient in vitamin D, which can help to build bones and even protect against certain cancers and autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, but the most efficient source of D, the sun, can also trigger skin cancers.
… continue readingScientific Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency And Cancer
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Vitamin D Deficiency and Cancer
Dermatologists have successfully hammered one thought into all of us: sun exposure may cause skin
cancer, so wear sunscreen while youâre out in the sun. What dermatologists donât tell us is that the
vitamin D we get from sunshine can also prevent serious cancers such as breast, colon, pancreatic
and prostate cancers.… continue reading
