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Vitamin D Defined
A fat-soluble vitamin that the body makes from sunshine on your skin and also gets from some foods. It's needed to build healthy bones and to regulate the amounts of calcium in your blood.
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Study By Anthony Norman Advocates Higher Intake Of Vitamin D To Help Prevent Diseases
Published October 10, 2008, 7:07 am, Medical News Today
Essential for life in higher animals, vitamin D, once linked to only bone diseases such as rickets and osteoporosis, is now recognized as a major player in contributing to overall human health, emphasizes UC Riverside's Anthony Norman, an international expert on vitamin D.
Children With Cystic Fibrosis Not Well Covered By Guidelines For Vitamin D Needs
Published October 10, 2008, 3:08 am, Medical News Today
Existing recommendations for treating vitamin D deficiency in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) are too low to cover the serious need, leaving most at high risk for bone loss and rickets, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
Susan Lark, MD Creates Formula to Fight Metabolic Syndrome
Published October 10, 2008, 1:37 am, PRWeb
Susan Lark, MD, noted medical researcher, clinical nutritionist and women's health practitioner, has formulated a new nutritional supplement called Daily Balance Metabo-Xâ„¢, designed to address the key risk factors of Metabolic Syndrome: excess belly fat, blood sugar, blood pressure, and low HDL (good) cholesterol. Dr. Lark's Metabo-X is available exclusively through Doctors' Preferred, Inc. ...
Susan Lark, MD Creates Formula to Fight Metabolic Syndrome
Published October 10, 2008, 12:01 am, PRWeb via Yahoo! News
Susan Lark, MD, noted medical researcher, clinical nutritionist and women's health practitioner, has formulated a new nutritional supplement called Daily Balance Metabo-Xâ„¢, designed to address the key risk factors of Metabolic Syndrome: excess belly fat, blood sugar, blood pressure, and low HDL (good) cholesterol.
"¢ Pre-Surgery Days an Opportune Time to Quit Smoking "¢ New Treatments Help Men Fight Prostate Cancer "¢ Try Almonds for ...
Published October 9, 2008, 1:56 pm, The Inter-Mountain
Pre-Surgery Days an Opportune Time to Quit Smoking (NewsUSA) - Anyone who has had surgery or has a relative who has had surgery knows many of the pre-op drills by heart: no aspirin a week or more before surgery to prevent unnecessary bleeding, no food or drink the night before to prevent adverse reaction to anesthetics, and no jewelry in the operating room to eliminate risks of unintentional ...
Charlotte Hilton Andersen: Japanese Women Don't Get Fat?
Published October 9, 2008, 12:08 pm, HuffingtonPost
In her new book, Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat, Naomi Moriyama attempts to discover the secrets to the Japanese peoples' super low obesity rate -- 3%, the lowest in the industrialized world -- and their fabled long lives - 85 years, the highest life expectancy -- by dissecting her mother's kitchen.
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Published October 9, 2008, 11:38 am, The Inter-Mountain
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Vitamin D a Key Player in Overall Health of Several Body Organs, Says UCR"™s Anthony Norman
Published October 9, 2008, 11:37 am, UC Riverside
Print Quality Image: Right click image and select "Save Target As." Anthony Norman is a distinguished professor emeritus of biochemistry and of biomedical sciences at UC Riverside. He also holds the title of Presidential Chair in Biochemistry-Emeritus. Photo credit: UCR Strategic Communications.
Message to Florida Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight
Published October 9, 2008, 5:05 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
The last decade can be defined by the ups and downs of different fad diets -- which seem to go in and out of fashion like shoulder pads and hemlines.
Message to Pennsylvania Residents: Forgo Fad Dieting and Join the Campaign for Healthy Weight
Published October 9, 2008, 5:05 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
The last decade can be defined by the ups and downs of different fad diets -- which seem to go in and out of fashion like shoulder pads and hemlines. Yet, long-term success has been slim.
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- Weight-gain the Fall and Vitamin D Conspiracy - Why We Eat More in Autumn and Winter and How Not to: Cool article on why falling levels of vitamin D cause us to put weight on in fall and winter.
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- Warning ? Don't Ignore Vitamin D: Normal 0 By Jim Nettleton There has been so much near panic in recent years about sun exposure that populations all over the world are suffering from a lack of absolutely essential vitamin D. Most of us come nowhere near getting the amount that...
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- Vitamin D has the potential to ward off a number of serious diseases: In the meantime, the evidence is so compelling that some experts already recommend at least 800 to 1,000 IU of vitamin D per day for adults ... make sure your vitamin D intake from supplements does not exceed 2,000 IU per day.
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- Are Tanning Beds Safe? | Tips For Healthy Living: The Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) has just launced an ad compaign promoting the benefits of a good tan. I imagine this to be an attempt to get some of the
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- Sunscreen-Lowf at-Autism by Stephanie Seneff
- BBC NEWS | Health | Vitamin D 'may help slow ageing': How Vitamin D can slow down the ageing process and Improve skin.
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