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Vitamin D could save Germany €40 billion in health costs
Thursday, April 8, 2010
By Stephen Daniells,
Ensuring the German population gets adequate intakes of vitamin D could save the country about €37.5 billion in health care costs, according to a new review. Writing in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, Professor Armin Zittermann from Ruhr University Bochum states that up to 45 per cent of the German population could be vitamin D insufficient, with an additional 15 to 30 per cent deficient, thereby putting them at risk at a variety of health problems.… continue readingHigher vitamin D levels could save thousands of lives a year: economic analysis
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
By: THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – A new study estimates that if more Canadians increased their intake of vitamin D, the death rate could fall by 16 per cent, or as many as 37,000 premature deaths a year.… continue reading
Lack of vitamin D costs Canada up to 37,000 lives and $14-billion a year: study
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
By Mary Vallis, National Post
Up to 37,000 lives could be saved in Canada each year if people increased their daily vitamin D intake, according to a new study.
And the country’s health care system would save an estimated $14.4-billion to boot, say leading researchers in the United States and Canada.… continue reading
And the country’s health care system would save an estimated $14.4-billion to boot, say leading researchers in the United States and Canada.… continue reading
Ramal to reintroduce tanning bed legislation
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
By JOHN MINER, The London Free Press
Warning tanning beds contribute to wrinkles and trigger deadly skin cancer, Ontario’s doctors are telling teens to stay away from tanning salons this spring.
The call from the Ontario Medical Association Monday comes as London MPP Khalil Ramal said he will take another run at passing legislation to regulate the tanning salon industry.… continue reading
Factor 50 sun block gave woman rickets
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
A health conscious nurse has been diagnosed with rickets after covering herself for years with factor 50 sun block.
Helen Smith, 38, suffered excruciating joint pain and extreme tiredness for almost a decade before doctors realised what was wrong with her.… continue reading
