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Sunshine May Help Prevent Breast Cancer |
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Sunshine may help prevent breast cancer Women advised to increase vitamin D intake By William J. Cromie Harvard News Office Evidence is piling up that boosting vitamin D intake may help prevent breast cancer. One major study of 1,760 women found that the higher the levels of vitamin D in a woman's blood, the less the risk of breast cancer. More>> |
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NORTH AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETIES CHANGE THEIR TUNE ABOUT SUNSHINE |
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May 30 -- The American Cancer Society and the Canadian Cancer Society broke ranks with dermatology lobbying groups this week, issuing press statements acknowledging that people need some sunlight to make vitamin D. Succumbing to massive evidence indicating that vitamin D deficiency has reached epidemic levels in North America, and acknowledging that More>> |
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"Sunshine vitamin" may ward off breast cancer |
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'Sunshine vitamin' may ward off breast cancerHigher levels of vitamin D offer range of health benefits, studies suggestgetCSS("3088867")SNBC News ServicesUpdated: 8:38 p.m. ET April 4, 2006Women who get lots of vitamin D are less likely to develop breast cancer, suggests a pair of studies that add to the already strong evidence that the “sunshine More>> |
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Rickets on the Rise due to Lack of Vitamin D |
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Rickets on the Rise due to Lack of Vitamin DInsufficient amounts of vitamin D in pregnant women and young children are to blame for a spike in a disease thought to be irradiated over a century ago. Rickets, a disease that causes soft and deformed bones due to severe deficiencies of vitamin D in very young children, has been on a comeback in recent years. More>> |
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How to get vitamin D |
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How to get vitamin D? By Kim Painter, USA TODAY 1-29-06 Vitamin D, the "sunshine vitamin," is hot. In just the past few weeks, researchers have said: • Adults who consume 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D daily might lower their risks of colon, breast and ovarian cancers by up to 50%. • Children whose mothers get plenty of More>> |
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Vitamin D helps! |
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Washington Post, January 9, 2006 Children of women who maintained high Vitamin D levels while pregnant have bigger, stronger and more calcium-rich bones than those of other children at age 9, new research finds. The study suggests that Vitamin D levels in pregnant women may have a greater impact on children's eventual risk of osteoporosis and bone More>> |
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Shades of gray deepen winter blues |
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Shades of gray deepen winter blues By JOHN F. BONFATTI News Staff Reporter 1/4/2006 The highs of holiday celebrations are history - and those gift-buying bills will be arriving shortly. The Bills just finished an unexpectedly poor season, which will likely result in yet another franchise rebuilding. Those are two valid reasons for Western New Yorkers to More>> |
