In the News
Vitamin D for babies may prevent type 1 diabetes
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new analysis of current research provides “the strongest evidence to date” that giving small children supplemental vitamin D will help prevent them from developing type 1 diabetes later on, according to the review’s co-author.… continue reading
First Study to Examine Vitamin D Insufficiency in Pediatric Patients With Low Bone Density
Monday, June 2, 2008
Libraries Medical News Keywords NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL; VITAMIN D INSUFFICIENCY
Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description Vitamin D insufficiency is common in adults and is emerging in the world of pediatrics. A mild degree of vitamin D deficiency, also known as vitamin D insufficiency, causes rickets in children and can be treated with increased amount of nutritional vitamin D intake as well as increased sun exposure.… continue reading
Major study to say vitamin D shortage is more predictive of future a heart attack than cholesterol
Sunday, June 1, 2008
D-bomb is about to drop. A major study is about to be published showing low vitamin D levels are far more predictive for a future mortal heart attack than high cholesterol. There may not be enough vitamin D pills in the world to handle consumer demand once the results of this study are published.… continue reading
Doctors offer different views on sunlight & Melanoma
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Dermatology Times asks two leading dermatologists whether sun exposure triggers melanoma. Dr. Spencer Bernard Ackerman, M.D., director emeritus of the Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology in New York, and a professor of dermatology and pathology at Downstate University Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.,… continue reading
Tanning dispute rages in Canada
Sunday, June 1, 2008
KELOWNA, British Columbia — A Canadian association for the indoor tanning industry is taking issue with a dermatologist group’s claims the sun lamps don’t generate vitamin D. Doug McNabb, president of the Joint Canadian Tanning Association in Kelowna, British Columbia, issued a statement criticizing the Canadian Dermatology Association position on tanning lamps.… continue reading
