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Fabutan Sun Tan Studios Kicks Off 8th Annual ‘Ray of Hope’ Campaign for Breast Cancer Research
Thursday, October 1, 2009
CALGARY, Oct. 1 /CNW/ – During October, Fabutan Sun Studios is asking its customers to give a Ray of Hope to the one-in-nine Canadian women who are diagnosed with breast cancer. Each October, Fabutan studios across Canada work together to help support the Vitamin D Society’s fight against this disease: the fundraiser coincides with the start of Breast Cancer Awareness month.… continue reading
Vitamin D’s role in preventing asthma studied in pregnant women
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
By Beth Miller and Diane Duke Williams
http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/14752.html
A group of pregnant women who have asthma or allergies will get extra vitamin D as part of a study to determine if the vitamin can prevent their children from developing asthma. Washington University School of Medicine in St.… continue reading
Melanoma on the Rise, or Is It Just Diagnoses?
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
In recent years there has been a sharp rise in reported cases of malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. But a British study has found evidence that the epidemic may be due at least in part to “diagnostic drift,” a growing tendency to identify and treat benign lesions as malignant cancers.… continue reading
If You’re Not Losing the Weight You Want, Have Your Vitamin D Levels Checked
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
http://www.lose-weight-program.net/if-youre-not-losing-the-weight-you-want-have-your-vitamin-d-levels-checked.html
How crucial is Vitamin D to weight loss? Some studies suggest it is a key ingredient to your weight loss success. But most people don’t get enough of this important vitamin. – Vitamin D is not only a vitamin, but also a hormone.… continue reading
Is sunshine a safe source of vitamin?
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
LIVING IN America today and worrying about vitamin D overdose is like dying of thirst in the desert while worrying about drowning. This is how one article expresses the changing ideas about vitamin D–ideas that are being radically revised thanks to researchers such as Dr.… continue reading
