In the News
New book discusses the potential dangers of active ingredients in some personal care products
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Headline Story from SmartTan.com
“A groundbreaking new book, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health and What You Can Do About It, issues a long-overdue wake-up call to the public on the dangers of ingredients in common cosmetics and personal-care products whose safety most people naively take for granted,” the book’s author, Dr.… continue reading
Vitamin D expert receives award from North American Menopause Society
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
(Boston) –Michael Holick, PhD, MD, director of the Bone Healthcare Clinic and the Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory at Boston University School of Medicine BUSM recently received the 2009 NAMS/Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.Vitamin D Research Award from the North American Menopause Society (NAMS).… continue reading
Vitamin D’s Cancer-Protective Potential
Monday, October 5, 2009
By Dr. John Briffa
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/23360/
Sun exposure is one way to increase vitamin D intake. (Joseph Barrak/AFP/Getty Images) Scanning some online newspapers last week, my eye was caught by reports of a couple of studies concerning vitamin D and cancer. The link between the two is not new.… continue reading
US/Eastern Skin Cancer Study Tracks Teens For Decades Reporting
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Mallika Marshall, MD
FRAMINGHAM (WBZ) ― Click to enlarge1 of 1 Ralf Nau /Getty Images That’s why Harvard researchers are launching a new study to learn more about how it develops and to help educate families on how to prevent it.… continue reading
