There are also associations between vitamin D-deficiency and increased incidence of and/or unfavourable outcome for a broad variety of independent diseases, including various types of malignancies (e.g. colon-, skin-, and breast cancer), autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, and cardiovascular ...
A study in the journal CANCER indicates that maintaining normal vitamin D levels may improve the effectiveness of immunotherapy treatment in advanced melanoma patients, leading to better response rates and longer progression-free survival. Research suggests that maintaining normal vitamin D levels may bene...
an increasingly complex medical world.4 The "vitamin D story", in which sun exposure appears to both cause cancer and prevent cancer, is one example where health consumers will need the guidance of health professionals in making an informed decision.Since the 1980s, the "Slip! Slop! Slap!"...
After looking at the patients' levels of vitamin D, which is crucial for good bone health, and their medical histories, the team found that people with higher levels of the vitamin appeared to have a higher risk of developing the two types of nonmelanoma cancer: basal cell, the most common...
Carole Baggerly had her own experience with breast cancer. She then started to research the reason why. Her discovery; scientists have expressed the understanding that breast cancer is a deficiency disease. That is over her life time, her intake of vitamin D was not adequate. She was so upse...
BOSTON (CBS) - Many people are getting the message loud and clear. That sunscreen helps protect you against skin cancer. But some experts say all that sunscreen is creating another problem. "That is the major cause for the vitamin D epidemic worldwide," says Dr. Michael F. Holick, an en...
Nucleotide Excision Repair and Vitamin D-Relevance for Skin Cancer Therapy. Int J Mol Sci. 2016;17(4). E372.E. Pawlowska, D. Wysokinski, and J. Blasiak, "Nucleotide excision repair and vitamin D--relevance for skin cancer therapy," Internat...
There are three major types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma (the most common), squamous cell carcinoma (the second most common), which originate from skin cells, and melanoma, which originates from the pigment-producing skin cells (melanocytes) but is less common, though more dangerous, ...
none of us will get the vitamin D we need from sun exposure to avoid rickets and osteoporosis, and fight cancers." Yes, you are right. Research shows clearly that people who go in the sun regularly get less cancers - so follow the CANCERactive campaign:PRACTISE SAFE SUN.Enjoy essential Su...
Of particular interest are the latest discoveries about the role of vitamin D in skin diseases such as lupus erythematosus, ichthyosis, atopic dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, acne, alopecia areata, androgenetic alopecia, melanoma, and nonmelanoma skin cancer. Also of interest is the importance of...