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Genetic Study Shows Direct Link Between Vitamin D and MS
Thursday, February 5, 2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 5, 2009) – MS Society of Canada funded researchers have found evidence that a direct interaction between vitamin D and a common genetic variant alters the risk of developing multiple sclerosis. The research, to be published on February 6 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, suggests that vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy and the early years may increase the risk of the offspring developing MS later in life.… continue reading
Summer babies ‘tall and strong’
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Children who are born in late summer or early autumn are often taller and stronger than peers born in spring and winter, a large study suggests. The results from the Children of the 90s project – which involved 7,000 youngsters – says the reason may lie in their mothers’ exposure to the sun.… continue reading
You can beat the winter blahs
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
By SHARON LEM, SUN MEDIA
Three groundhogs confirm it — the deep freeze will last for at least another six weeks. Wiarton Willie, Punxsutawney Phil of Pennsylvania and Shubenacadie Sam of Nova Scotia — North America’s leading authorities on predicting an early spring — all saw their shadows yesterday.… continue reading
Potential skin cancer treatment tested on tadpoles
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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U.K. researchers found that a synthetic compound called NSC 84093 stopped the movement of pigment cells when injected in tadpoles of the South African clawed frog. The scientists think inhibiting the cells’ movement can avert skin cancer metastasis in both frogs and humans.… continue reading
Five years after being fired from one post
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
By Coco Ballantyne
If the name Michael Holick means anything to you, you will recall that he was asked to resign from a post in Boston University’s dermatology department in February 2004 for promoting “sensible sun exposure” in his book The UV Advantage.… continue reading
