| Vitamin D and Breast Cancer |
Sunlight triggers the formation of vitamin D in the skin, which can be activated in the liver and kidneys into a hormone with great activity. This activated form of vitamin D causes "cellular differentiation" - essentially the opposite of cancer. |
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| Vitamin D and Cancer |
Taking vitamin D supplements may help people live longer, according to a new research review. But it's not yet clear exactly how vitamin D does that. |
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| Breast Cancer Linked to Low Vitamin D and Omega-3 Levels |
Three new studies strengthen the associations between suboptimal intake of either nutrient and risk of breast cancer |
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| Breast Cancer Risk Falls After Stopping Hormone-Replacement Therapy |
Scientists' latest analysis of a big federal hormone-replacement therapy suggests that breast-cancer risk increases with long-term use of the drugs during menopause, and falls after women stop taking the drugs. |
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| LOW VITAMIN D IS IT A ROOT CAUSE OF CHRONIC ILLNESS AND CANCER??? |
Seventy seven percent (77%) of U.S. teens and adults are deficient in vitamin D (less than 30ng/mL), ten years earlier, fifty-five percent (55%) were deficient, in the so-called "sunshine vitamin" whose deficits are increasingly blamed for everything from cancer and heart disease to diabetes. |
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| Vitamin D for Cancer Prevention |
Getting enough vitamin D might cut colon cancer and breast cancer in North America, according to a new research review. |
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| Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer |
Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found - adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. The results are sure to renew arguments about whether a little more sunshine is a good thing. |
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