Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Breast Cancer Risk

Published on : Published by : Rob Shaw

A recent scientific abstract suggests breast cancer risk increases if deficient in the sunshine vitamin, and inversely that vitamin D can therefore prevent breast cancer . Researchers Manar Atoum and Foad Alzoughool published their findings in December 2017 at Sage Journals.  The abstract details that the current “worldwide prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is approximately 1 billion.” The fact that 1/7th of [. . . more]

Options for Winter Eczema

Published on : Published by : Emily Zawadzki

When the Arctic chill descends over North America every winter it causes many to suffer more cold-related illness and injury than is normal. For some the extreme dry cold activates their eczema; the term “winter eczema” is often used to describe the atopic dermatitis that occurs more often in the winter months because of the [. . . more]