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Sunscreen Pill Can Offer Extra Protection
Monday, April 19, 2010
Users Should Still Use Sunscreen When Heading Outdoors
MIAMI — Summer is around the corner, and that means fun in the sun for many Central Floridians.
Most are used to slathering on the sunscreen before heading outdoors, but what if extra protection was able to offer protection from the inside out?
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Monday, April 19, 2010
| A new gadget invented in New Zealand is unlocking all sorts of information about the sun, UV and Vitamin D. The Dosimeter measures the dose of UV radiation we’re exposed to when we head out into the sun. The device “tells you how much UV you get, as opposed to a meteorological device which might sit outside always exposed to the sun,” says NIWA principal scientist Dr Richard McKenzie. |
Vitamin D Deficiency May Factor Into Crohn’s Disease
Monday, April 19, 2010
Research reveals that low levels of vitamin D may contribute to Crohn’s and other inflammatory bowel diseases.
Sunlight: More than Just ‘D’
Friday, April 16, 2010
“Here’s something else to consider: Vitamin D made in the skin lasts at least twice as long in the blood as vitamin D ingested from the diet. When you are exposed to sunlight, you make not only vitamin D but also at least five and up to ten additional photoproducts that you would never get from dietary sources or from a supplement.
Skin cancer ‘cure’ found
Thursday, April 15, 2010
London, Apr 11 (ANI): A group of researchers has claimed to have found a cure for skin cancer.
A vaccine, which attacks tumour cells, leaving healthy cells undamaged and carries agents that boost the body’s response to skin cancer, is being tested in the UK.
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