In the News
Kangaroos may hold key to preventing skin cancer
Monday, November 30, 2009
(Reuters Life!) – Understanding how kangaroos repair their DNA could be the key to preventing skin cancer, according to Australian and Austrian researchers. The teams are investigating a DNA repair enzyme found in kangaroos and many other organisms, but not humans, that is very effective in fixing a particular type of damage linked to many skin cancers.… continue reading
Campaign against solariums continues
Friday, November 27, 2009
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/Campaign_against_solariums_continues.html?siteSect=104&sid=11544529&ty=nd
The Swiss Cancer League has cautioned against visiting solariums to obtain an artificial suntan and has urged a ban for people under the age of 18. The organisation said on Thursday that research results from international bodies had shown that the effects of the ultraviolet rays were carcinogenic.… continue reading
Want to live longer? Try Vitamin D
Friday, November 27, 2009
http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Nutrition/want_to_live_longer_try_vitamin_d_261120091043.html
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
Writing in the journal Clinical Endocrinology, scientists from the Netherlands, Austria, and the U.S. report that low blood levels of the sunshine vitamin are associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality, and mortality from heart disease, in the elderly.… continue reading
Intruder invades tanning booth
Friday, November 27, 2009
Winnipeg Free Press – PRINT EDITION By: Gabrielle Giroday
Comments: 24 A 20-year-old woman tanning in a Winnipeg Square salon was shocked to find a man had climbed over a wall into her room as she lay unaware in a bed.… continue reading
Fabutan donates $10 to the Vitamin D Society for breast cancer research
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Fabutan’s Ray of Hope campaign raises over $500,000 for breast cancer research. Fabutan’s national Ray of Hope campaign will help shed some light on the fight against breast cancer thanks to the $95,000 it raised last month. For the past eight Octobers, Fabutan Sun Tan Studios has asked its customers to give a Ray of Hope to the one-in-nine Canadian women who are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.… continue reading
