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Getting Daily Dose of ‘D’
Thursday, September 4, 2008
By Claudia Palma Staff Writer
For optimal health and to reduce risks of cancer, diabetes and other health diseases, you don’t need a high cost medical plan or prescriptions, just step outside. Recent studies have shown that people with low levels of vitamin D may be at a higher risk of getting cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, and more.… continue reading
Pancreatic Cancer – Vitamin D Reduces Risk By Up TO 50%!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
By Richard H Ealom
Cancer of the pancreas is a disease in which cancerous cells form in the tissues of the pancreas a large organ that lies horizontally behind the lower area of your stomach. The disease is difficult to locate and diagnose for the following reasons: There aren’t any visible signs or symptoms in its early stages.… continue reading
Worst Study of the Week: Are 27 Percent of College Students “Tanorexic”?
Thursday, September 4, 2008
From Discover Science, Technology and the Future Magazine
Maybe you like to lay out in the sun. Maybe you like to do it frequently. But can you really not stop going? Earlier studies have suggested that tanning could be a kind of addictive behavior, and now new research says that more than one-fourth of college students surveyed at one university were “tanning dependent.”… continue reading
Over 1 in 4 teens and young adults addicted
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Shannon Proudfoot, Canwest News Service
Tyler Brownbridge/Windsor Star More 25 per cent of young people have signs of ‘tanorexia,’ a need for the sun or a tanning bed so intense that its comparable to a drug addict’s or an alcoholic’s cravings.… continue reading
Study backs low vitamin D-diabetes link
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) — People with lower levels of vitamin D in their blood may be at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to research published in the journal Epidemiology this month. Dr. Paul Knekt of the National Public Health Institute in Helsinki, Finland and colleagues found that men with the highest serum vitamin D levels were the least likely to have developed type 2 diabetes 22 years later.… continue reading
