In the News
Do you really need sunscreen?
Friday, May 8, 2009
Read what the experts have to say before you buy your next pricey bottle loaded with SPF Seema Singh How many times have you reached out for that expensive bottle of sunscreen while shopping for cosmetics or medical supplies and wondered, do I really need it?… continue reading
Vitamin D Supplements No Help Against Melanoma
Friday, May 8, 2009
By MedPage Today, Staff Published
Increased vitamin D intake is not protective against melanoma, and may actually increase the risk, according to the results of the largest prospective cohort study on the topic. Explain to interested patients that this study provides no evidence that vitamin D supplementation will prevent melanoma.… continue reading
Many patients in intensive care are deficient in vitamin D
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Posted under Medical Research.
Australian researchers have discovered that many critically ill patients in intensive care are deficient in vitamin D. A small study by researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, has found that as many as 45% of patients in an intensive care unit were vitamin D-deficient.… continue reading
Skip indoor tanning beds
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
http://www.besthealthmag.ca/blog/post/skip-indoor-tanning-beds
Much as I would love to be bronzed rather than pale and freckled, I’ve always opted for self tanner rather than visit an indoor tanning salon. After all, as the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) points out, “some tanning beds can expose you to five times as much radiation as the sun, so using indoor tanning beds and lamps should be avoided.”… continue reading
Vitamin D often low in mothers and newborns
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
By Jill Stein
BALTIMORE (Reuters Health) – More than one third of mothers and more than half of their infants have vitamin D deficiency at the time of birth, investigators report. What’s more, prenatal vitamin D supplements do not fully protect against this deficiency, according to data released at Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting.… continue reading
