Tanning Beds: Assessing the Risks – Yahoo! News
Tanning Beds: Assessing the Risks – Yahoo! News
What is a tanorexic to do? Baking yourself on the beach to a crispy bronze husk is a no-no, according to studies showing that ultraviolet radiation from the sun can scramble your DNA and cause cancer. And now comes equally bad news about the tanner’s next best friend, the indoor tanning salon. Last week the International Agency for Research Learn More
How Much Vitamin D Should You Be Taking? – Yahoo! News
How Much Vitamin D Should You Be Taking? – Yahoo! News
Quick quiz: What vital nutrient may protect against cancer, heart disease, stroke, bone fractures, and a host of other diseases? Experts on vitamin D are quick to answer, and, by their reckoning, many Americans are sorely lacking in the nutrient. Just this week, new data from a government-run health and nutrition survey found that Learn More
Assessing the Risks of Tanning Beds – Yahoo! News
Assessing the Risks of Tanning Beds – Yahoo! News
What is a tanorexic to do? Baking yourself on the beach to a crispy bronze husk is a no-no, according to studies showing that ultraviolet radiation from the sun can scramble your DNA and cause cancer. And now comes equally bad news about the tanner’s next best friend, the indoor tanning salon. Last week, the International Agency for Learn More
Why Are Flu Viruses Seasonal? – Yahoo! News
Why Are Flu Viruses Seasonal? – Yahoo! News
U.S. health officials are bracing for a resurgence of the new H1N1/09 flu virus this fall, when the influenza season kicks into high gear with the resurgence of cold weather. By October, the government hopes to have 120 million doses of vaccine ready to fight the new virus, which is currently spreading around the world in the first pandemic Learn More
Lack of Vitamin D in Children 'Shocking' – Yahoo! News
Lack of Vitamin D in Children ‘Shocking’ – Yahoo! News
About 70 percent of U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D,
which puts them at higher risk for bone and heart disease, researchers
said today.
“We expected the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency would be high,
but the magnitude of the problem nationwide was shocking,” said Dr.
Juhi Kumar of Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center.