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Lack of Sunlight Found to Greatly Increase Risk of Lung Cancer
(NaturalNews) A new study has found a correlation between higher rates of lung cancer and less exposure to sunlight.The study was conducted by researchers from the University of California at San Diego and published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community health. Researchers examined data from national and international databases, including those from the World health Organization, to compare lung cancer rates in 111 different countries. The researchers searched for correlations with national rates of smoking, as well as latitude, high cloud cover and levels of airborne aerosols.A lower latitude indicates more sunlight and hence more exposure to the UVB radiation that causes the body to synthesize vitamin D. UVB is blocked by high cloud cover and airborne aerosols, so those factors indicate lower exposure.The researchers found that the strongest correlation with lung cancer rates came from smoking, which was responsible for between 75 and 85 percent of all cases. But they also found a significant correlation with lower UVB exposure.Among men, cancer rates were higher the farther a man lived from the equator. Among women, cancer rates increased with distance from the equator, high cloud cover and airborne aerosols. These correlations remained even after adjusting for the effects of smoking.Lung cancer is one of the three most common cancers among men and women in developed countries. It kills more than one million people each year. Researchers believe that sunlight helps protect against cancer by stimulating the production of vitamin D. Lead researcher Cedric Garland said that vitamin D is believed to cause the body to release chemicals that combine with calcium to cause the cells in organ linings to stick more closely together. This prevents these cells, which appear to be most vulnerable to cancer, from dividing uncontrollably.While the current study looked only at lung cancer, prior studies have found that living far from the equator results in a higher risk of other internal organ cancers, such as colon cancer and breast cancer. One study found that people who live north of the Mason-Dixon Line in the United States died of colon cancer at twice the rate of those living south of it. Another study looked at vitamin D directly and found that lower blood levels of vitamin D metabolites correlated with a higher risk of colon cancer.”The problem is that people might over-interpret this and stay in the sun for hours,” Garland said. Moderation, he emphasized, is the way to go. “It would be false prudence to stay out of the sun to prevent skin cancer and not get enough vitamin D.”Kat Arney of Cancer Research U.K. agreed. “The time in the sun needed to get enough vitamin D is much less than the time it takes to tan or burn.”Garland recommends spending five to 15 minutes in the sun every day that weather permits. This presumes that this takes place on a mostly clear day, approximately 40 percent of skin area is exposed and that exposure takes place within two hours of midday. Having more skin covered, being out at a different time or a less clear day would increase the time needed. People should wear wide-brimmed hats if exposure will be longer than a few minutes, but should not use sunscreen, which blocks vitamin D synthesis.Garland emphasized that moderate sunlight exposure does not significantly raise a person’s risk of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. “There’s plenty of potential to make vitamin D,” Garland said. “Even in Helsinki, people can take advantage of the sun in summer months.” Vitamin D produced by the body during the summer can be stored until the winter.

Use of Bright Lighting May Improve Dementia Symptoms
(NaturalNews) The use of daytime bright lighting to improve the circadian rhythm of elderly persons was associated with modest improvement in symptoms of dementia, and the addition of the use of melatonin resulted in improved sleep, according to a study in the June 11 issue of JAMA.”In elderly patients with dementia, cognitive decline is frequently accompanied by disturbances of mood, behavior, sleep, and activities of daily living, which increase caregiver burden and the risk of institutionalization,” the author writes. These symptoms have been associated with disturbances of the circadian rhythm (the regular recurrence, in cycles of about 24 hours, of biological processes or activities). “The circadian timing system is highly sensitive to environmental light and the hormone melatonin and may not function optimally in the absence of their synchronizing effects. In elderly patients with dementia, synchronization may be [diminished] if light exposure and melatonin production are reduced.”Rixt F. Riemersma-van der Lek, M.D., of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, and colleagues conducted a trial at 12 elderly group care facilities in the Netherlands that evaluated the effects of up to 3.5 years of daily supplementation of bright light and/or melatonin on a number of health outcomes, including symptoms of dementia and sleep disturbances. The study included 189 facility residents, average age 85.8 years; 90 percent were female and 87 percent had dementia.Six of the facilities had bright lighting installed in ceiling-mounted fixtures. Lights were on daily between approximately 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Participants were randomized to receive evening melatonin (2.5 mg) or placebo and participated an average of 15 months (maximum period of 3.5 years).The researchers found that bright light lessened cognitive deterioration by a relative 5 percent, reduced depressive symptoms by a relative 19 percent and diminished the gradual increase in functional limitations by a relative 53 percent.Melatonin reduced the time to fall asleep by a relative 19 percent and increased total sleep duration by 6 percent, but adversely affected caregiver ratings of withdrawn behavior and mood expressions. The addition of bright light improved the adverse effect on mood. In combination with the bright light, melatonin reduced aggressive behavior by a relative 9 percent.”In conclusion, the simple measure of increasing the illumination level in group care facilities [improved] symptoms of disturbed cognition, mood, behavior, functional abilities, and sleep. Melatonin improved sleep, but its long-term use by elderly individuals can only be recommended in combination with light to suppress adverse effects on mood. The long-term application of whole-day bright light did not have adverse effects, on the contrary, and could be considered for use in care facilities for elderly individuals with dementia,” the authors write.Source:JAMA. 2008;299[22]:2642-2655 (http://pubs.ama-assn.org/media/)About the authorLeslee Dru Browning is a 6th generation medical Herbalist and Nutritionist from the ancestral line of Patty Bartlett Sessions; Pioneer Mid-Wife and Herbalist. Leslee practiced medical Herbalism and Nutritional Healing for over 25 years and specialized in Cancer Wellness along with Chronic Illness. She now devotes her career to teaching people, through her writing, about Natural Healing from An Herbal Perspective.

Driver prepares for single motherhood
Filed under: Just for moms, Love & sex, Pregnancy & birth, Bump watch, Life & style, Celeb parenting, Rumors, That’s entertainment, Single parenting Minnie Driver may want to give Bridget Moynahan a call. Ms. Moynahan has experience in something Minnie thinks she may be taking on pretty soon: single motherhood. The actress, who is […]

Lies parents tell to their children
Filed under: Just for moms, Just for dads, Holidays, Playground bureauIn some small way, I wish we’d never started with the whole Santa Claus things. My kids are so deeply invested in it that I’m afraid finding out the truth is going to break their little hearts. My hope is that they’ll learn gradually, like […]

A Thousand Patients Killed Each Month by Cardiac Bypass Anti-Bleeding Drug
(NaturalNews) The FDA’s delay in taking Trasylol off the market led to 1,000 deaths each month for a year and a half, according to the doctor who first alerted the agency to the dangers of the drug.”Between my study and November 5, [2007] when it was taken off the market, there were approximately 431,000 patients who received the drug,” said Dr. Dennis Mangano. “As I calculated, 22,000 lives could have been saved. It’s about a 1,000 lives saved per month delay in taking that drug off the market.”Trasylol, made by Bayer, was approved by the FDA in 1993 as a drug to prevent bleeding in high-risk surgical patients. In 1998, this approval was extended to cover all heart bypass surgery patients. Due to aggressive marketing, the drug became a major moneymaker for Bayer, with sales of $300 million by 2005 and sales of $750 million projected for 2006.Then in 2006, Mangano and colleagues found that patients being given Trasylol suffered significantly more kidney failure and death than patients being given alternate anti-bleeding drugs, or even those being given no drugs at all. Mangano alerted the FDA, which issued a warning to doctors and scheduled a meeting about the drug for eight months later.The FDA decided to keep the drug on the market. Then Harvard researcher Alexander Walker told the agency that at Bayer’s behest, he had conducted a study similar to Mangano’s, with similar results. The company had never revealed those results to the FDA. The agency responded by issuing another warning and scheduling a meeting about the drug for one year later.In 2007, a large Canadian trial of the drug had to be halted early because so many patients were dying. Germany immediately banned Trasylol, while Canada and the FDA asked Bayer to voluntarily remove it from the market. Bayer complied.To date, surgeons in the United States are still allowed to use Trasylol in special cases.

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