In the News
Internet health guru slams the use of sunscreen
Friday, November 14, 2008
Dr. William Campbell Douglass — the ‘mythbuster’ author of internet-based health newsletter The Douglass Report — has slammed anti-sun naysayers and is even telling his readers to stop using sunscreen altogether. “You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that the sunlight-will-kill-you propaganda has taken root.… continue reading
Vitamin D Health and Fitness Expert Gives Seminar
Friday, November 14, 2008
By Dr. Marc Sorenson
TORONTO – Vitamin D is one of the most discussed and important health topics in Canada. Marc Sorenson, Ed.D, is about to reveal an Ipsos-Reid conducted study that shows “97% of Canadian women don’t know their own vitamin D levels.”… continue reading
5 Reasons Women Should Still Take Vitamin D
Friday, November 14, 2008
Bernadine Healy M.D. U.S. News & World Report
Washington,DC,USA – Don’t throw away your vitamin D tablets based on the latest news on the supplement’s failure to prevent breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The Women’s Health Initiative study published this week shows that after seven years of calcium and vitamin D supplementation, there was no reduction in breast cancer risk.… continue reading
Recommending Increase in Daily Vitamin D Intake
Friday, November 14, 2008
Anthony Norman is a distinguished professor emeritus of biochemistry and of biomedical sciences at UC Riverside. He also holds the title of Presidential Chair in Biochemistry-Emeritus. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Increasingly, vitamin D is being recognized by several researchers as an important player in contributing to overall good health.… continue reading
Cancer vaccine trial to go ahead
Friday, November 14, 2008
Research by melanoma specialist Richard Martin shows New Zealand has the worst rate in the world for melanoma, which kills about 250 people a year, The Press reports. Martin says surgery is preferred over often ineffectual chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but specialists are working on alternative treatment such as a vaccine.… continue reading
