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ParentCanada.com I had a thought-provoking conversation with Marc Sorenson, Ed.D this week. Dr. Sorenson is a fitness/health expert in Utah and he was in the GTA to give a talk and promote his book which focuses on vitamin D deficiency. So, what’s the big deal about vitamin D deficiency?… continue reading

‘Sun Scare’ article shows how anti-sun naysayers use twisted wording to distort actual research findings Friday, November 21st, 2008 Internet site www.CancerMonthly.com published an article Thursday misrepresenting research about indoor tanning — using clever wording to distort actual research findings. “The Cancer Monthly article uses convenient language distortion to make it appear that research says things that the data actually don’t say,” Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said.… continue reading

WASHINGTON — Today keynote speaker Congresswoman Nita Lowey (NY-18) joined with experts from New York Presbyterian Hospital; the Skin Cancer Foundation; 2006 Miss Maryland, a skin cancer survivor; Fallene LTD, and Ciba Corporation to call on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to address the dramatic rise in skin cancer rates in the United States.… continue reading

If you tan in salons to avoid the harmful effects of the sun’s rays, you probably aren’t doing your skin any favors. People who use tanning beds likely face the same risk of deadly skin cancer as those who lay out in the sun, according to a report in Pigment Cell Melanoma Research.… continue reading

People over 65 years of age living in a low-income housing unit experienced greater improvements in vitamin D deficiency with a single, daily dose of cholecalciferol 300,000 IU compared with 800 IU. Researchers from Brazil conducted a randomized, double blind, controlled trial and compared the effects of high- and low-dose cholecalciferol on serum 25-hydoxycholecalciferol levels and reversion of secondary hyperparathyroidism.… continue reading