In the News

From VitaminD3world.com This month the University of Toronto School of Medicine held a conference entitled Diagnosis and Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency. It was the largest gathering of Vitamin D researchers in North America this year. Dr. Cedric Garland, who was the first to propose that Vitamin D deficiency explained the correlation between higher cancer rates at higher latitudes, was the highlight of the conference with his presentation entitled, “Breast Cancer as a Vitamin D Deficiency Disease.”… continue reading

Headline Story from SmartTan.com  One of the internet’s most popular health gurus is taking a hard swing at the purveyors of Sun Scare for causing vitamin D deficiency while defending the concept of regular UV exposure as a healthy activity. Dr.… continue reading

http://insciences.org/article.php?article_id=5999   New research has shown why people with the greatest number of moles are at increased risk of the most dangerous form of skin cancer. The study, led by Professors Julia Newton Bishop and Tim Bishop of the Melanoma Genetics Consortium (GenoMEL) at the University of Leeds, looked at more than 10,000 people, comparing those who have been diagnosed with melanoma to those who do not have the disease.… continue reading

Members of our industry have been contacted to participate in an on-camera interview with 20/20 for their undercover/hidden camera program airing sometime soon. A collective group of industry folks discussed this matter in great detail this past week and gave those invited to be interviewed by 20/20 the following advice: After careful evaluation, we believe the best option would be to pass on the interview and submit a written response.… continue reading

Headline Story from SmartTan.com There is near-unanimous agreement in the indoor tanning community that the manufacturers of chemical sunscreen should be forced to disclose that usage of their product blocks natural vitamin D production in the skin, according to the results of a SmartTan.com… continue reading