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HEADLINE STORY: Low vitamin D levels double the risk of dying for older adults
Vitamin D deficiency in older individuals can double their risk of dying by a certain age, a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society revealed this week.…
Alleged fraud in global warming research is not unlike potential fraud in anti-tanning research
“We talk about science as this pure ideal and the scientific method as if it is something out of a cookbook, but research is a social and human activity full of all the failings of society and humans, and this …
HEADLINE STORY: Alleged fraud in global warming research is not unlike potential fraud in anti-tanning research
“We talk about science as this pure ideal and the scientific method as if it is something out of a cookbook, but research is a social and human activity full of all the failings of society and humans, and this …
Vitamin D found to protect against the progression of lymphoma
A Mayo Clinic research team reported this week that lymphoma patients with higher vitamin D levels were much less likely to see the disease progress and may be twice as likely to survive.…
HEADLINE STORY: Vitamin D found to protect against the progression of lymphoma
A Mayo Clinic research team reported this week that lymphoma patients with higher vitamin D levels were much less likely to see the disease progress and may be twice as likely to survive.…
Tanning owners are still getting their own tan on, survey shows
Owners of indoor tanning facilities are still finding time to tan as much or more than they did last year, a SmartTan.com poll conducted this month revealed.…
HEADLINE STORY: Tanning owners are still getting their own tan on, survey shows
Owners of indoor tanning facilities are still finding time to tan as much or more than they did last year, a SmartTan.com poll conducted this month revealed.…
Although preliminary, newsletter reports that a federal tan tax is among many possibilities that could emerge
DEC. 9, 2009 — The concept of an excise tax on indoor tanning is being kicked around, at least in early stages, as one of many possible sources of federal revenue, an on-line Washington policy newsletter reported Tuesday.…
