In the News
Fads come and go like the seasons
Friday, August 29, 2008
Blue Mountains Courier-Herald
Thornbury,ON,Canada Wow, a great idea from Douglas Nadler’s biodiversity column. He suggested we all read the Globe and Star online instead of cutting down so many trees for the print editions. The logic is a bit flawed because of the electricity (created by coal, oil and gas) needed to power his computer, power the industry that manufactures it, distributes it, and repairs and maintains it.… continue reading
The role of vitamin D for obese
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Due to an increased prevalence of obesity, the incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing dramatically at both a national and international level. At this time, other than bariatric surgery, we have very few effective tools with which to treat obesity.… continue reading
Vitamin D and Sunlight
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Michael F. Holick Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Nutrition, and Diabetes, Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Correspondence: Dr. Michael F. Holick, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, M-1013, Boston, MA.… continue reading
Study Finds Vitamin D Levels Too Low in Seniors
Thursday, August 28, 2008
By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS
A new study (1) has found that vitamin D blood levels in seniors is too low and needs to be increased. The study involved 80 participants aged 65 to 89 years of age, 74% of whom had low blood levels of vitamin D (12-31 nanograms per milliliter), yet they consumed more than the recommended 400 to 600 IU per day of vitamin D (2).… continue reading
Skin Cancer and Other Cancers
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Headline Story
Wide publicity this week of a study suggesting that non-melanoma skin cancer patients are more likely to develop all other forms of cancer has falsely made it appear that the skin cancers are causing the other cancers. “The logical leap in all the stories we’ve seen in the past 24 hours is conspicuous,” Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said.… continue reading
