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Vitamin D: What you need to know
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Vitamin D The form of vitamin D most talked about is the one known as Vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol, which is produced when the skin is exposed to sunshine. Cholecalciferol is actually not a vitamin; it’s a prehormone which can be metabolized into a secosteroid hormone called calcitriol.… continue reading
Top 5 Swine Flu Prevention
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
By drericchannd
http://drericchan.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/top-5-swine-flu-prevention/
With Labor Day holiday today, the health news that has dominated not only the Health section of the newspaper, but often the Business section as well as the front page, is the possibility of swine flu re-emerging as a threat.… continue reading
Vitamin D Prevents Cancer: Is It True?
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=16940
In a new study, researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center used a complex computer prediction model to determine that intake of vitamin D3 and calcium would prevent 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000 new cases of colorectal cancer annually in the US and Canada.… continue reading
The Tanning, Cancer and Vitamin D-ebate
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
long Lani Hossain, Cavalier Daily Senior Writer Featured / Health & Science
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2009/09/09/the-tanning-cancer-and-vitamin-d-ebate/
Vitamin D does not rain from the sky, nor does it travel on the beams of sunlight to quench a thirsty body of its vitamin needs. It is, however, one of the few positive products of tanning.… continue reading
Vitamin D and the higher incidence of autoimmune diseases in women
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Napa County Science News Examiner Bryan Ness
http://www.examiner.com/x-16026-Napa-County-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m9d8-Vitamin-D-and-the-higher-incidence-of-autoimmune-diseases-in-women
Vitamin D and the higher incidence of autoimmune diseases in women It has long been observed that autoimmune diseases like lupus and multiple sclerosis are more common in women than in men. Other related chronic conditions such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and chronic fatigue syndrome are also much more common in women as well.… continue reading
