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Heliotherapy improves vitamin D balance and atopic dermatitis
Monday, August 25, 2008
Authors: Vähävihu K, Ylianttila L, Salmelin R, Lamberg-Allardt C, Viljakainen H, Tuohimaa P, Reunala T, Snellman E
Vitamin D insufficiency during winter is common in the Nordic countries. Heliotherapy (HT) may heal atopic dermatitis (AD) but its effect on vitamin D balance has not been examined.… continue reading
Vitamin D + You:
Saturday, August 23, 2008
By Dr. William Davis
For years, vitamin D was the Rodney Dangerfield of the nutrition world: It got no respect. Vitamin D was viewed as a nutrient necessary in children to prevent rickets, a small quantity necessary to prevent osteopenia (bone-thinning) in adults.… continue reading
Melanoma & Tanning
Friday, August 22, 2008
From Looking Fit Magazine By: Patricia E. Reykdal & Donald L. Smith
Does exposure to sunlight, UVR or a tanning device cause cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM)? The answer to this question is extremely important to the indoor tanning industry because, if UVR can be scientifically proven to cause CMM in humans, the survival of the industry is in jeopardy.… continue reading
Scientists identify chemical odor of skin cancer
Thursday, August 21, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US chemists have identified the odor that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease, said a study out Wednesday. The creation of a “profile” of the chemical odors linked to skin cancer, may lead to a day when diagnoses can be made by waving a scanner over the skin, researchers told the annual conference of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.… continue reading
Vitamin D’s wild days
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
By: Lauran Neergaard, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Who to test, how much do you take? WASHINGTON – Don’t be surprised if your doctor orders a vitamin D test during your next physical. Blood tests to check levels of the so-called sunshine vitamin are on the rise as doctors and patients react to headline-grabbing research that suggests having too little may not only hurt your bones – it might increase your risk of certain cancers or heart disease.… continue reading
