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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

GrassrootsHealth Launches Worldwide Call to Action on Vitamin D

Monday, April 5, 2010
Scientific Conference on April 9 draws global medical experts to disseminate critical new research about “the Sunshine Vitamin” SAN DIEGO, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — GrassrootsHealth (GRH), a public health research organization working to get Vitamin D research from science into practice, announces it will host a landmark seminar April 9 in La Jolla, California to unveil the latest significant research on Vitamin D.
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Cheap holidays ‘skin cancer link’

Monday, April 5, 2010
The advent of cheap package holidays in the 1970s has led to a “generational shift” in the rates of deadly skin cancer, a charity has warned. People now in their 60s and 70s are more than five times more likely to be diagnosed with malignant melanoma than their parents were, figures show.… continue reading

1,200 IU of vitamin D daily may prevent flu

Monday, April 5, 2010
The reason why flu season breaks out every winter and then vanishes every summer has been a mystery long puzzling medical researchers.
Now, Japanese doctors may have found an answer to the enigma – low levels of vitamin D during the dark winter months.
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