In the News
Why does the CDC and WHO ignore all the work on Vitamin D and flu?
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Dr. Cannell:
A randomized placebo controlled trial showed vitamin D prevents colds and flu. However, when these same authors attempted to reproduce their findings by giving 2,000 IU/day for four months, they found no protective effect of Vitamin D. However, these same authors have since concluded that 2,000 IU/day for four months is an inadequate dose and 5,000 IU per day is generally required to assure 95% of the population has adequate levels.… continue reading
New book discusses the potential dangers of active ingredients in some personal care products
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Headline Story from SmartTan.com
“A groundbreaking new book, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health and What You Can Do About It, issues a long-overdue wake-up call to the public on the dangers of ingredients in common cosmetics and personal-care products whose safety most people naively take for granted,” the book’s author, Dr.… continue reading
Vitamin D expert receives award from North American Menopause Society
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
(Boston) –Michael Holick, PhD, MD, director of the Bone Healthcare Clinic and the Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory at Boston University School of Medicine BUSM recently received the 2009 NAMS/Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.Vitamin D Research Award from the North American Menopause Society (NAMS).… continue reading
Vitamin D’s Cancer-Protective Potential
Monday, October 5, 2009
By Dr. John Briffa
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23360/
Sun exposure is one way to increase vitamin D intake. (Joseph Barrak/AFP/Getty Images) Scanning some online newspapers last week, my eye was caught by reports of a couple of studies concerning vitamin D and cancer. The link between the two is not new.… continue reading
