News Archive for July, 2012

A prominent Las Vegas health columnist this week pointed out that “Sun Scare” is so overdone that vitamin D deficiency is a problem in Las Vegas — where sun shines 320 days a year.

“As so often happens in America, …

“While vitamin D supplements are an alternative means of producing vitamin D when regular, non-burning sun exposure is not possible, oral supplementation of vitamin D is not the first choice. While overexposure to sunlight carries risks, the cosmetic skin care …

A new study published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine has bolstered the case that so-called higher levels of vitamin D are actually “natural” levels of the Sunshine Vitamin, countering some highly-publicized criticisms of vitamin D’s role …

The Forbes.com article “6 Rules for Being a Good Boss (to Yourself)” provides a good excuse to be just a little bit selfish for once! Being your own boss has its advantages but also means that you often have to …

The mass media this week picked up on a new report suggesting that drinking coffee lowers the risk of some types of skin cancer — a small correlation with no clear mechanism that gained an inordinate amount of press.

“That …

A University of Wisconsin study suggests that UV exposure, totally independent of vitamin D production, suppresses an animal model of multiple sclerosis — another indication that UV exposure’s positive influence extends well beyond vitamin D production.

Researchers, including University of …

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A Danish dermatology group reported that using the amount of sunscreen health officials recommend will completely block vitamin D production — adding to the volume of studies showing that SPF over-use will deprive people of natural vitamin D production.

“When …