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Vitamin D levels dip
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writer
One April day after weeks of rain, Daniel Jiminez took a detour on his way to class: Dolores Park in San Francisco.
He needed the sun.
“I know what they say about skin cancer, but I just feel better when I’m warm and tan,” said Jiminez, 24.… continue reading
Health guru sues over Vitamin D overdose
Monday, May 3, 2010
NEW YORK, April 28 (UPI) — Alternative-medicine advocate Gary Null has sued the New Jersey manufacturer of his Ultimate Power Meal, saying he almost died from a Vitamin D overdose.
… continue readingSun-shy mothers may raise MS risk in babies: study
Monday, May 3, 2010
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Children whose mothers had low exposure to sunlight during their first three months of pregnancy may have a higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis later in life, a study in Australia has found.
… continue readingKnow the Facts About Melanoma
Monday, May 3, 2010
SmartTan.com
The North American dermatology community typically targets the month of May to discuss melanoma awareness. And while sun awareness and sunburn prevention are important topics, dermatology’s melanoma awareness campaigns generally ignore important points. There arguably is more misinformation about skin cancer than any other form of cancer, and most of it involves distorting the nature of skin cancer’s complex relationship with sun exposure.
Study Finds Low Vitamin D Levels in Most People With HIV
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Up to 52 percent of people with HIV in a Swiss study had dangerously low vitamin D levels. The study, published in the May 15 issue of AIDS, also found that people taking non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) or the drug Viread (tenofovir) were more likely to have low vitamin D levels.… continue reading
