In the News
Increased Vitamin D Levels May Predict Successful IVF Outcome
Friday, September 4, 2009
A novel finding has demonstrated that women with high levels of vitamin D in their serum and follicular fluid (FF) have higher chances of achieving clinical pregnancy after IVF-embryo transfer. The results of the prospective cohort study have been published recently in the online edition of the journal, Fertility and Sterility.… continue reading
CRD pushed to ban kids from tanning beds
Thursday, September 3, 2009
By Bill Cleverley, Times Colonist
Tanning beds could be off-limits to Capital Regional District youths by next summer. “Teenage years are a time of rapid growth,” Dr. Richard Stanwick, Vancouver Island’s medical health officer, told the CRD finance, corporate and protective services committee yesterday.… continue reading
Why Did People Become White?
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
By Heather Whipps, Special to LiveScience
http://www.livescience.com/culture/090109-why-white-people.html
A host of evolutionary pressures at work that contributed to the development of lighter skin, but for now, scientists aren’t sure exactly what produced white people. A host of evolutionary pressures at work that contributed to the development of lighter skin, but for now, scientists aren’t sure exactly what produced white people.… continue reading
Fortifying food not necessarily better, study says
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Health Canada has tabled a plan to let companies fortify products with nutrients such as folic acid, calcium, vitamin D and thiamin at their discretion. But does the population really need these extra vitamins? ) Carly Weeks From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/fortifying-food-not-necessarily-better-study-says/article1272500/… continue reading
Vitamin D3 deficiency and its role in influenza
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Breaking news from: www.vitaminD3world.com
Canada’s public health agency has announced plans to analyze the effect of Vitamin D3 levels on the severity of flu symptoms. The study was launched last year with the intention of studying Vitamin D3’s impact on seasonal influenza.… continue reading
