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Effects of vitamin D and skin’s physiology

Monday, June 16, 2008
Boston, MA— Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that previtamin D3 production varies depending on several factors including skin type and weather conditions. The study will appear in the March 2008 issue of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.… continue reading

Canadian Cancer Society supports proposed legislation to regulate tanning industry in Ontario

Sunday, June 15, 2008
TORONTO, June 12 /CNW/ – The Canadian Cancer Society supports Bill 83, which will help prevent skin cancer in Ontario but looks for additional measures to protect youth from exposure to ultraviolet radiation, a known carcinogen. The private member’s bill, introduced by the MPP for London-Fanshawe, will receive second reading in the Ontario Legislature today.… continue reading

Ontario Bill 83 – Teen Ban

Thursday, June 12, 2008
Khalil Ramal, MPP for the London Fanshaws area has filed a Private Member’s Bill in the Ontario legislature to ban teens from tanning indoors. With fines up to $2000.00 per infraction for salons that let someone tan under the age of nineteen.… continue reading

Vitamin D recommendations for teens may be too low

Thursday, June 12, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adolescents can safely take, and may need, vitamin D doses that are up to 10 times what is generally recommended, a small study suggests. In a trial that followed 340, 10- to 17-year-olds for one year, Lebanese researchers found that vitamin D doses equivalent to 2,000 IU per day were not only safe, but also achieved more-desirable blood levels of the vitamin.… continue reading

Vitamin D good for men’s hearts?

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
WILL DUNHAM WASHINGTON — Men with low levels of vitamin D have an elevated risk for a heart attack, researchers said on Monday in the latest study to identify important possible health benefits from the “sunshine vitamin.” In the study, men classified as deficient in vitamin D were about 2.5 times more likely to have a heart attack than those with higher levels of the vitamin.… continue reading

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