Sunny D
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
"Evidence is beginning to emerge that sunlight exposure, particularly as it relates to the vitamin D synthesized in the skin under the influence of solar radiation, might have a beneficial influence for certain cancers," William Blot, PhD, International Epidemiology Institute, et al., write in an editorial in the Feb. 2 Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Because two studies in the same journal "provide intriguing new evidence" on the potential benefit of solar radiation on the incidence and outcome of cancer, "further studies of sunlight and the vitamin D connection to cancer" are warranted, the authors maintain...
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