In the News
Canadian Cancer Society wants teens banned from using tanning beds
Monday, April 6, 2009
By Caitlyn Craggs, Durham Region News
COURTICE -Cheyenne Mclean is a first-time tanner and she was shocked to find out that the Canadian Cancer Society wants to ban tanning beds for teens under the age of 18. The Canadian Cancer Society says it will be meeting soon with the provincial government to follow up on the society’s request to ban the use of tanning beds by young people in Ontario.… continue reading
TV ads turn off youths’ urge to tan
Monday, April 6, 2009
Louise Hall, Health Reporter for Sydney Morning Herald
Graphic advertisements that show the “dark side” of the iconic bronzed Aussie male have been effective in encouraging young people to slip, slop, slap, the NSW Government says. A Cancer Institute of NSW survey of 1000 teens and young adults aged from 13 to 44 showed six out of 10 had upped their sun protection regimen or intended to be more sun smart after seeing the Dark Side of Tanning ads on billboards and TV.… continue reading
Letter to Dr J Cannell on fertility
Monday, April 6, 2009
I want to pass a reader’s letter along (with her permission) as many of you may know a couple who cannot conceive and know the heartbreak that brings to childless couples. While I know of no direct evidence this is true, why should childless couples be Vitamin D deficient?… continue reading
Skin cancer now top cancer among young U.K. women
Sunday, April 5, 2009
CTV News
LONDON — Melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, is now the most common cancer in young British women, the country’s leading cancer organization said Wednesday. Skin cancer has overtaken cervical cancer as the top cancer striking women in their 20s, according to the latest data from Cancer Research United Kingdom.… continue reading
The Link Between Autism and Low Levels of Vitamin D
Saturday, April 4, 2009
By Julius Goepp, MD
An epidemic of autism appears to be underway in the United States. According to several respected leaders in child and adult nutrition from across the United States, the current meteoric rise in autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) may well be a direct consequence of significant vitamin D deficiencies in pregnant women and their infants.1-6 And evidence points to vitamin D deficiency as the cause of other debilitating brain conditions as well.5,7-10 This insidious deficiency is readily remedied—yet tragically often missed.… continue reading
