Martin Mittelstaedt Environment Reporter — Globe and Mail Update Published on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 5:26PM EST Last updated on Thursday, Jan.
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Why sunscreens may give a false sense of security
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
It’s vital to avoid excessive sun exposure to minimise the risk of skin cancer, but some sunlight is necessary to ensure adequate vitamin D levels. File photo / The Aucklander
… continue readingFDA debates tougher cancer warning on tanning beds
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
The Associated Press http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/18/AR2010011802011_pf.html WASHINGTON — Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk. Yes, sunburns are particularly dangerous.… continue reading
The Associated Press http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/18/AR2010011802011_pf.html WASHINGTON — Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk. Yes, sunburns are particularly dangerous.… continue reading
Sun avoidance can cause vitamin D deficiency
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
In a year that saw a plethora of papers published on vitamin D deficiency as a cause of most internal cancers, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, autism and even flu, one paper putting the D deficiency epidemic in full perspective stood out as my pick for “Study of 2009.”
When to pop your vitamin D? Any time, on its own or with food
Friday, January 15, 2010
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/when-to-pop-your-vitamin-d-any-time-on-its-own-or-with-food/article1431507/
It makes no difference how often you pop the pills, or whether you down them with food, experts say
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