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Cosmo at it again

Friday, June 4, 2010
Cosmopolitan Magazine & MRF Team Up to Combat Melanoma
— The Melanoma Research Foundation partners with Cosmopolitan magazine to fight soaring melanoma rates among young women —     NEW YORK, NY, June 04, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ — Cosmopolitan, the world’s largest-selling magazine for young women, and the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF), a leader in supporting cutting edge research, are teaming up to tackle the fastest growing cancer in young women.… continue reading

We’re not getting enough vitamin D

Friday, June 4, 2010
Amen to reporter Nathan Sheets, Dr. Burt and Ms. Puckett for pointing out some of the goofiness that passes for nutritioninformation in America. It is doubtless worth preaching that kids (and adults) who get even one or two fruits/veggies a day likely have most of their vitamin needs met and the body will convert their vitamin pills — be they plain or fancy — into “expensive urine.”… continue reading

Sunlight Reduces Autoimmune Symptoms

Friday, June 4, 2010
A new study reports that sunlight or UV light from lab sources reduces autoimmune damage to myelin nerve sheaths. Phototherapy is already an established treatment for immune disorders of the skin, including psoriasis and dermatitis. But the light does not penetrate deep enough to affect myelin sheaths directly.
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Depression & Vitamin D: The Emerging Link

Friday, June 4, 2010
Vitamin D has been linked to many health conditions before. A recent study links insufficient levels of the vitamin with the disabling condition depression
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THE SUNBED ASSOCIATION COMMENT ON NEW MELANOMA STUDY

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Did Melanoma Researchers ‘Reverse Engineer’ Their Findings?
Anti-Tanning Lobbying Group Downplayed Key Conflicting Information, According to The Sunbed Association
A University of Minnesota, USA, advocacy group may have “reverse-engineered” a study to bolster its own pre-existing anti-indoor tanning crusade, failing to properly cite the significance of conflicting data within its own paper, downplaying and even suppressing confounding data that opposed its conclusions and failing to disclose the conflict-of-interest of its own anti-tanning advocacy efforts.
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