Tag Archives: UV light

Subsequent primary cancers after melanoma diagnosis support that low vitamin D level is a risk factor for melanoma

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A recent set of papers on melanoma in the United States in the November 2011 supplement of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology provided insight into melanoma, vitamin D, UVB exposure and internal cancers. Continue reading

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Weighing the costs and benefits of using sunbeds

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Professor Johan Moan and colleagues from the University of Oslo compare the risk of using sunbeds to the risk of not using sunbeds. Continue reading

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A look at the “melanoma epidemic”

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Four British dermatologists looked at 3,971 melanoma cases in East Anglia from 1991 to 2004. Continue reading

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Dr. Cannell’s vitamin D regimen

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Dr. Cannell shares what his personal vitamin D and UV exposure regimen is and explains his reasoning. Continue reading

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