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Posted on Tue, 11 Aug 09

Vitamin D for flu protection

As early as the 1940s it was found that when mice received low levels of vitamin D they were more susceptible to experimental swine flu infection than mice receiving adequate vitamin D [1]. Fast track to 2009 and scientists from the Public Health Agency of Canada are racing to discover whether vitamin D may be a way to fight the influenza epidemic, and with good reason [2]. There is mounting evidence to show that vitamin D may be a simple and safe solution to reducing influenza risk.

Posted on Thu, 30 Jul 09

Sun beds, not sunshine, cause cancer

The World Health Organisation has raised the classification of tanning beds from a possible human carcinogen to a category 1 rating of carcinogenic to humans. In July 2009 a working group of 20 scientists from nine different countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer. In their report, published in Lancet Oncology, they reassessed types of radiation carcinogenic to humans and based on current evidence moved tanning beds into the highest risk category for causing cancer in humans [1].

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