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Yet another good reason to move to Arizona...
Topic Started: May 15 2010, 09:54 PM (131 Views)
ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Sun exposure reduces cancer rates...
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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bachophile
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Anyone practising sun avoidance has traded the benefit of a reduced risk of skin cancer—which is easy to detect and treat and seldom fatal


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melanoma is one of the most biologically aggressive and least treatable (once spread) of all malignancies.

and because at early stages the diagnosis can be very hard and therfore easily missed, i take issue with the above statement.

besides, here is some conclusions from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recently released report on vit d and cancer...

The epidemiological observational evidence supports a role of vitamin D in reducing the risk of colorectal cancer; however, this evidence is not considered causal, and the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to date have not supported the observational evidence.
There is similar evidence for breast cancer, but that evidence is considered weaker.
The observational evidence does not support a beneficial role of vitamin D in reducing the risk of prostate cancer.
The evidence for other cancers was considered insufficient for evaluation.
Results from observational studies and RCTs suggest that vitamin D supplements may lower all-cause mortality.
There are no data available on the health hazards of long-term maintenance of high 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] serum levels over long periods. Also, past experiences with other compounds have shown adverse effects of chronic use of supplements or long-term maintenance of high serum levels.
Hypotheses on vitamin D status and colorectal cancer, cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality should be tested in appropriately designed RCTs.


im not dissing the upcoming data they will report, because it hasnt been publsihed yet, but the public should very very wary of all these anti cancer panaceas....

cancer is part of human biology. it will always be with us. and there will be no sure fire method of conquering it. certainly not by moving to arizona, where if the sun dont kill you, then the illegal immigrants will.
"I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen
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ivorythumper
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I was waiting for your take on this, bach!

"The observational evidence does not support a beneficial role of vitamin D in reducing the risk of prostate cancer."

Maybe that's because it's where the sun doesn't shine? :shrug:
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