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By Shane Starling A group of European doctors is moving toward a vitamin D recommended level for the elderly, something that, if implemented, may influence vitamin D levels across the European Union for all age groups. The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) met recently at a vitamin D conference that drew several hundred scientists in Bruges in Belgium, and constructed a vitamin D recommended statement for the over75s at 600-800IU per day.… continue reading

By Dan Even http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1124163.html The inter-ministerial committee on carcinogenic materials has decided to issue a warning on the use of energy-saving fluorescent lamps because of the risk of skin cancer due to the radiation they emit. The committee, which advises the Health Ministry, prepared a warning that was recently relayed to the Department of Public Health at the ministry.… continue reading

Don Kermath, University alumus http://www.dailyillini.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/2009/10/26/just-d-facts Vitamin D isn’t a supplement or a vitamin. It’s a hormone made naturally when your skin is exposed to sunlight. No dietary source for “The Sunshine Vitamin” even comes close to vitamin D levels made naturally from UVB exposure.… continue reading

Headline Story from SmartTan.com Cosmetic dermatology should be held accountable for its role in creating epidemic-level vitamin D deficiency in North America today by preaching ill-advised over-the-top sun avoidance, members of the professional indoor tanning community said in a SmartTan.com poll conducted this month.… continue reading

Headline Story from SmartTan.com Canadian tanning facility owner Tracey McKone, of Endless Summer in Mitchell, Ontario, is this year’s recipient of the Smart Tan Award, presented in the opening general session at Smart Tan Downtown Oct. 10. The award – presented at every Smart Tan Convention since 1996 to tanning facility owners whose special accomplishments advanced the stature of the tanning community in the past year – “is about content and character more than bricks and mortar,” Smart Tan’s Joseph Levy explained in presenting the award.… continue reading