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Vitamin D Status and Its Relationship to Body Fat, Final Height, and Peak Bone Mass in Young Women
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Richard Kremer, Patricia P. Campbell, Timothy Reinhardt and Vicente Gilsanz
Department of Medicine (R.K.), McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3H 2R9; U.S. Department of Agriculture (T.R.), National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa 50010; and Department of Radiology (P.P.C.,… continue reading
Nonclassic Actions of Vitamin D
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Daniel Bikle Department of Medicine and Dermatology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94121 Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Daniel Bikle, M.D., Ph.D., Veterans Affairs Medical Center (111N), 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, California 94121.… continue reading
Skin cancer patients at greater risk for other cancer
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Skin cancer patients are at an increased risk for developing a new, different form of the disease later in their lifetime, new research suggests. According to a study conducted by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, people who are diagnosed with melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, have double the risk of developing a new primary cancer.… continue reading
Sizzling sun care category led by technology and consumer
Sunday, January 11, 2009
By Jennifer Johnston of Hamacher Resource Group, Inc. (www.hamacher.com).
Based in Milwaukee and with offices in the United Kingdom, HRG is a premier provider of category management, marketing communications support, retailing strategies and more. Sun care is a hot category that continues to grow.… continue reading
Dr. Mayer Eisenstein Brings 2009 New Year’s Resolution Worthy of National Attention: Stamp Our Vitamin D Deficiency
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Dr. Mayer Eisenstein
Dr. Mayer Eisenstein, Chicago Physician and author of “Don’t Vaccinate Before You Educate,” has launched a new year crusade to eliminate Vitamin D deficiency in the United States. The results from a number of landmark studies, along with the empirical evidence gleaned from personal experience with his patients, have convinced Dr.… continue reading