In the News
CRD pushed to ban kids from tanning beds
Thursday, September 3, 2009
By Bill Cleverley, Times Colonist
Tanning beds could be off-limits to Capital Regional District youths by next summer. “Teenage years are a time of rapid growth,” Dr. Richard Stanwick, Vancouver Island’s medical health officer, told the CRD finance, corporate and protective services committee yesterday.… continue reading
Why Did People Become White?
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
By Heather Whipps, Special to LiveScience
http://www.livescience.com/culture/090109-why-white-people.html
A host of evolutionary pressures at work that contributed to the development of lighter skin, but for now, scientists aren’t sure exactly what produced white people. A host of evolutionary pressures at work that contributed to the development of lighter skin, but for now, scientists aren’t sure exactly what produced white people.… continue reading
Fortifying food not necessarily better, study says
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Health Canada has tabled a plan to let companies fortify products with nutrients such as folic acid, calcium, vitamin D and thiamin at their discretion. But does the population really need these extra vitamins? ) Carly Weeks From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/fortifying-food-not-necessarily-better-study-says/article1272500/… continue reading
Vitamin D3 deficiency and its role in influenza
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Breaking news from: www.vitaminD3world.com
Canada’s public health agency has announced plans to analyze the effect of Vitamin D3 levels on the severity of flu symptoms. The study was launched last year with the intention of studying Vitamin D3’s impact on seasonal influenza.… continue reading
Aged skin found more prone to cancer
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=104836§ionid=3510210
Deficiencies in mobilizing the cells responsible for defending the body contribute to the higher vulnerability of seniors to skin cancer and infection. Previous studies had reported that defects in a type of immune cell known as T cells account for the reduced immunity and subsequently a higher risk of skin cancer in older individuals.… continue reading
