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FDA Wrapping Up Sunscreen Label Changes
Friday, May 22, 2009
By Salynn Boyles WebMD
After years of delay, the FDA is poised to finalize long-awaited sunscreen label changes designed to give consumers a better idea of the sun protection they’re getting. For the first time, sunscreen manufacturers will be required to provide information on the amount of ultraviolet A (UVA) screening provided by their products.… continue reading
Your body needs Vitamin D, but how much is under debate
Thursday, May 21, 2009
By Jennifer Huget
For most of history, humans got all the Vitamin D they needed simply by being outdoors, absorbing the sun’s ultraviolet light. Ultraviolet radiation triggers the body’s production (a two-step process involving both liver and kidney) of the vitamin, which is technically a hormone.… continue reading
Schoolboy petitions MSPs over vitamin D link to MS
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Vitamin D campaigner Ryan McLaughlin with his mother, Kirsten, who has MS Melanie Reid A Times investigation into the links between vitamin D deficiency and multiple sclerosis led a 14-year-old boy whose mother has the disease to petition Holyrood to provide a vitamin supplement to all children and pregnant women.… continue reading
Why I set up ‘sun tan’ web spoof
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Rates of skin cancer are increasing faster than any other cancer, especially among young women, yet many are prepared to risk all for the sake of a good suntan. Notts charity Skcin, set up in memory of skin cancer victim Karen Clifford, is striving to change attitudes.… continue reading
The Vitamin D Council Newletter for May 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
John Cannell, MD Vitamin D Council Newsletter
I have received hundreds of emails from readers, asking what they should do about the possibility of an H1N1 flu pandemic. Dear Dr. Cannell: 1. Should I take Vitamin D to prevent the H1N1 flu?… continue reading
