From The Times
August 4, 2007
Sunshine helps in the fight against breast cancer.
Women who stay out of the sun are increasing their risk of developing breast cancer, a new study suggests.
The majority of vitamin D comes from exposure of the skin to sunlight but many women exposed less in winter and reluctant to bare themselves in summer because of the dangers are deficient.
There has been anecdotal evidence to suggest that breast cancer is less common among women who live closer to the Equator, where the sunshine is stronger.
However a new study provides evidence that the lower the levels of vitamin D in a womans blood-stream, the greater the risk of her developing breast cancer if she has passed the menopause.
Of more than 1,000 women who took part in a trial, those who were given both calcium and vitamin D supplements had less than half the chance of developing breast cancer than those given a placebo (13 cases among 446 women compared with 20 cases among 288 women.
Topless beaches for health's sake
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, Aug 04 2007 03:57 PM
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