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Acne And Skin Blemishes - Alternative Remedies Often Work

1 Apr, 2008 1 Comment

Our drugstores and shopping malls are crowded with acne cures of all kinds. The eBay Health and Beauty section is crowded with them. No wonder young people afflicted with acne don’t know which treatment is most likely to suit them. Continue Reading…

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Dr. Sandy: Vitamin D, The Sunshine Vitamin

7 Mar, 2008 No Comments

Vitamin D is often called the “sunshine” vitamin. It’s been in the news lately because many researchers are concerned about the adequacy and protective factors of the current recommended intake.

First, what is Vitamin D? It’s one of the fat soluble vitamins (the others are A, E and K) found in food or made by the body after exposure to UV rays from the sun. It exists in several forms, each with a different level of activity. The most active form of vitamin D is Calciferol. The liver and kidneys help convert Vitamin D to its active hormone form. So this is how it works:
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Food for Thought: Are you in the dark about the sunshine vitamin?

7 Mar, 2008 No Comments

Claudette Novak

The most natural source of vitamin D is the sun. It has always been referred to as the “sunshine vitamin.” This is because the body has special cells underneath the surface of the skin that produce vitamin D when activated by ultraviolet light.
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Vitamin D—The “Boring” Vitamin that Has Become Hot

7 Mar, 2008 No Comments

Are vitamin pills good for you or not? Forty years ago, I was taught in medical school that they were useless, because you got all the vitamins you needed in a typical diet. What my teachers meant was that you got enough of the vitamins in your diet to prevent well-recognized vitamin-deficiency diseases. For example, you got more than enough vitamin C in your diet to prevent the disease called scurvy. Continue Reading…

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To Your Health–Vitamin D

4 Mar, 2008 No Comments

JACKSON COUNTY — We’re finally starting to see more of the sun again, and it’s important to bask in its rays, even in the winter. That’s because the light provides much needed Vitamin D.
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Infertility and DES Exposure

19 Feb, 2008 No Comments

Women who were pregnant between 1938 and 1971 were commonly given diethylstilbestrol (DES) by their doctors. DES is a synthetic estrogen. Doctors used to believe that DES helped to reduce the number of miscarriages and premature births that women were experiencing. If your mother was given DES, then you may experience some infertility problems or other health complications as a result.
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