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        A new         book by Dr. Michael Holick attacks the conventional wisdom that sun         exposure can have detrimental and sometimes fatal consequences.  His         book, entitled, The UV Advantage, offers a different approach to         sun exposure and suggests that regular moderate exposure to UV light is         the key to healthy living.  Dr. Holick, Professor of Medicine,         Physiology and Biophysics at Boston University Medical Center, argues         that a lack of UV radiation leads to the body’s depletion of Vitamin D.          This depletion can lead to diseases such as osteoporosis, hypertension,         diabetes and cancer of the colon, prostate and breast.

                 
          

 

          

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". . . at last a           book about health that looks at the whole person and not just one of           our body systems in isolation . . ."         

        

 

                 
          

". . . Holick has           solid scientific credentials and draws on a vast array of studies, his           own as well as other's . . ."         

                 
          

 

                     

          ". . . vitamin D deficiency is probably           the most common deficiency in the developed nations, all the more           important because it is generally unrecognized. We have three ways to           deal with it: sun, supplements, or food fortification. Of the three,           sun is the safest. In this book Michael Holick provides a much needed           antidote for the scare tactics of the skin mafia . . ."

        
    		                                                                              
        

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        Dr.         Holick Comments on New Recommendations from the Australian and New         Zealand

        

 

                 
          

Dr. Holick agrees that moderate           doses of ultraviolet exposure is essential for good health.            Approximately 10-15 minutes of uv light from the sun or a tanning bed           on the arms, face and legs will help increase levels of vitamin D,           thereby reducing one’s risk of such diseases such as osteoporosis,           diabetes, hypertesnion and cancers of the colon, prostate and breast.            I agree that…

                 
          

 

                     

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                  New York Times: A Dermatologist               Whose Not Afraid to Sit on the Beach                 more

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                  Good Morning America: Dr. Holick               Gives the Low Down on the UV Advantage                 more

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                  Boston Globe: BU Advocate of               Sunlight Draws Ire                 more

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              Tanning is associated with optimal           vitamin D status (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration) and higher           bone mineral density1–3

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              Vitamin D and prostate cancer prevention           and treatment Vitamin D: importance in the prevention of cancers, type           1 diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis1–5

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              Sunlight and vitamin D for bone health           and prevention of autoimmune diseases, cancers, and cardiovascular           disease1–4

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        Calendar         of Events

        

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January 1, 2005:  Dr. Holick to           speak on Common Ground.

          

          

        
          

March 13, 2005: Dr. Holick           speaks at NIH regarding xyz.

          

 

        
          

March 13, 2005: Dr. Holick           speaks at NIH regarding xyz.

          

 

          

          March 13, 2005: Dr. Holick speaks at NIH regarding xyz.

        

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 
                                         
        

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