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Vitamin D: Believe the Hype
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
http://chicagoist.com/2009/12/08/vitamin_d_do_believe_the_hype.php
Getting adequate vitamin D is easy: simply remove all clothing, defy recommendations to use sunscreen, and stand outside soaking up UV rays for about 15 to 20 minutes. Poof! You’ve got more than enough vitamin D than you need for the day.… continue reading
Comedienne Rosie O’Donnell angers Skin Cancer Prevention Groups, who turn to hyperbole in response.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Headline Story from SmartTan.com
“Going out into the sun without protection is as, or even more dangerous, than having unprotected sex.” — Melanoma activist Marisa Marchetto, responding to Rosie O’Donnell’s recent appearance on Rachael Ray’s television show in which O’Donell declared that she “lives to tan.”… continue reading
Miley Cyrus busted for fake baking at UK tanning salon
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Celebrity Fitness and Health ExaminerSunny Pepper Teen queen Miley Cyrus is no doubt growing up – Spotted sun worshipping last week, Miley sported a new tattoo and just recently Miley was busted for fake baking at the UK. “She came in and said she wanted to use a tanning bed and asked for my advice,” Michelle Preston, the SunSeekers tanning bed assistant, told the Daily Mail.… continue reading
Vitamin D May Boost Lymphoma Survival
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Study Shows Low Vitamin D Levels Boost Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma By Kelli Miller Stacy http://www.webmd.com/cancer/non-hodgkins-lymphoma/news/20091207/vitamin-d-may-boost-lymhoma-survival
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Healthy levels of vitamin D may help patients with a certain type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma live longer. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have discovered that patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and low vitamin D levels are two times more likely to die from the cancer than patients with optimal levels.… continue reading
GrassRootsHealth Seminar Nov 3rd – Presentations now online
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Dear JCTA Members,
The presentations from the recent (November 3rd)seminar in Toronto Diagnosis & Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency Seminar have just been posted at http://www.grassrootshealth.net/documentation They’re ready for you to download and share with your friends: Breast Cancer as a Deficiency Disease, Treatment of Breast Cancer, What’s a Deficiency?,… continue reading
