Tag Archives: skin cancer
Vitamin D And Cancer Risk: What’s the Deal?
While lots of folks think that milk and cheese are our main sources of vitamin D, we actually get most of our vitamin D through skin absorption of UVB rays in sunlight. Vitamin D has several important functions in the body. Everybody associates vitamin D with bone health. It does help bone growth and repair, [...]
Before You Reach for the Sunscreen this Summer
Read that label! The FDA has passed new regulations that should hopefully cause less confusion for customers wanting to decrease their risk of skin cancer & minimize the aging effects of the sun: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/science/15sun.html?ref=health Most of us are aware that the sun produces two main kinds of radiation that can hurt us, UVA and UVB [...]
An Unsafe Bed for Your Teenager: Skin Cancer
Most of us want our 16 year old daughters & sons in bed alone. However, our friends across the pond are starting to fine minors who are in their beds alone…tanning beds that is! Check out this interesting story reported by ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/uk-tanning-bed-ban-good-idea-america/story?id=13330021 In radiation oncology, my colleagues and I tend to see “the worst [...]
