In the News
Canadian Cancer Society calls for further studies to determine optimal dose of Vitamin D3 in cancer prevention.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
The Canadian Cancer Society has taken the unusual step of writing to major medical research agencies in North America to tell them that it is time to fund large-scale clinical trials to fill in knowledge gaps and, in particular, determine the optimal dose of Vitamin D3 needed for cancer prevention.… continue reading
Vitamin D3 improves control of type II diabetes
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Type II diabetes, the form that usually manifests in middle age and later years is on the rise. The increasing incidence of this condition in the western world is certainly linked to obesity, and several studies suggest that Vitamin D3 deficiency may also be playing a role.… continue reading
Doctors start to include vitamin D in fight against cancer
Friday, November 6, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt Environment Reporter for Globe & Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/doctors-start-to-include-vitamin-d-in-fight-against-cancer/article1352956/
Responding to research indicating that vitamin D may slow the progression of breast, colon and other common cancers, some doctors have begun adding the supplement to their tool kit of cancer therapies alongside more conventional treatments such as radiation, surgery and chemotherapy.… continue reading
Why vitamin D may prevent H1N1
Friday, November 6, 2009
By Jennifer Goldberg from Best Health
http://www.besthealthmag.ca/get-healthy/prevention/why-vitamin-d-may-prevent-h1n1
Taking vitamin D supplements may help protect you from the H1N1 virus, a U.S.-based researcher says. “Vitamin D fights common seasonal influenza and H1N1 in several ways,” says William Grant, founder of the Sunlight, Nutrition And Health Research Center in California.… continue reading
Schoolboy campaigner backs vitamin D summit
Thursday, November 5, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6902010.ece
Ryan McLaughlin with his mum Kirsten who is suffering from MS Melanie Reid A major international summit on the links between multiple sclerosis and vitamin D deficiency, supported by the Scottish government, is to take place in Scotland early next year thanks to the efforts of a campaigning schoolboy.… continue reading
