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Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Low Mood State
Thursday, August 7, 2008
By Susan Sweeny Johnson, PhD, Biochem
Vitamin D deficiency is present in 25-58% of adults over 60.1 This is largely due to a decreased ability to make vitamin D in the skin and to use it in the body.2 Although the correlation of vitamin D with bone density is well established, more recent attention has been paid to the connection between vitamin D and brain function.… continue reading
Vitamin D Slashes Risk of Cancers; Ignored by ACS
Thursday, August 7, 2008
By Mike Adams
Exciting new research conducted at the Creighton University School of Medicine in Nebraska has revealed that supplementing with vitamin D and calcium can reduce your risk of cancer by an astonishing 77 percent. This includes breast cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer and other forms of cancer.… continue reading
St. Louis health reporter takes sun scare rhetoric
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Health Reporter Harry Jackson Jr. produced an entire column on the fact that an un-named tanning bed user challenged him to produce one piece of research that showed the mechanism by which tanning causes cancer. “He said there’s a $10,000 reward for anyone who can prove that tanning beds cause skin cancer,” Jackson wrote.… continue reading
BackTanning ban controversy
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
By TARA HAGAN
A ban on tanning salon use among teens couldn’t come at a more urgent time. That’s according to Judy Lund of the Canadian Cancer Society, Essex County branch, who says skin cancer rates are climbing, as more than 10 per cent of high school students in Ontario are using tanning beds.… continue reading
Can the fake bake
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
By GLENN KAUTH, SUN MEDIA, Edmonton Sun Worries
Cancer risks have public health officials in Edmonton recommending everyone, particularly kids, stay away from tanning salons. “As for tanning beds, there’s really no reason to use them in addition to the sun you get in your normal activities,” said Dr.… continue reading
