HEALTH
NEWS OF THE WEEK:
Two new studies indicate exposure to the sun may actually
be beneficial in regards to fighting cancer. Researchers from
Stanford University reported their findings in the American
Journal of Epidemiology last week indicating that women who
had higher sun exposure had their risk of advanced breast
cancer reduced by almost half. According to a second research
team who studied more than four million people in 11 countries,
the risk of internal cancers except for skin cancers was lower
among people living in sunny countries. According to the researchers,
"Vitamin D production in the skin seems to decrease the
risk of several solid cancers, especially stomach, colorectal,
liver and gall- bladder, pancreas, lung, female breast, prostate,
bladder and kidney cancers." Although food provides some
vitamin D, nearly 90 per cent comes from exposure to sunlight.
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