PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/617784.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 New Research by D*action Member Dr. Cedric Garland Suggests Role Low Levels of Vitamin D Play in Cancer Development http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2454834.htm Coming on the heels of the publishing in the Annals of Epidemiology of a new study led by Dr. Cedric Garland, on the preventive measures of vitamin D, GrassrootsHealth D*action Project is calling on physicians, health clinics and groups throughout the country to recognize the need for determining vitamin D levels and to ensure the public have their blood levels of vitamin D tested. According to research from the newly published study by Cedric F. Garland, Dr. P.H., FACE, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and Moores Cancer Center of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), "It is projected that raising the minimum year-around serum 25(OH)D level to 40-60 ng/ml (100-150 nmol/L) would prevent approximately 58,000 new cases of breast cancer and 49,000 new cases of colorectal cancer each year, and three quarters of deaths from these diseases, in the US and Canada." (PRWeb May 25, 2009)

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]]> Mon, 25 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2454834.htm Resolution to Study Phase Out of Mercury Tooth Dental Fillings Receives 16% of Vote at Danaher Shareholder Meeting http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2403304.htm A resolution to the country's leading manufacturer of mercury amalgam to transition out of manufacturing mercury amlagam dental fillings received over 16% of the vote at the Danaher shareholder meeting on May 5 in Washington D.C.The resolution was submitted by Valerie Heinonen, representing the Dominican Sisters of Hope and supoorted by Consumers for Dental Choice and the Mercury Policy Project. (PRWeb May 10, 2009)

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]]> Sun, 10 May 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2403304.htm Grassrootshealth Launches D*action Community Project to Solve Vitamin D Deficiency Crisis http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1674344.htm Serving as a model for public health action on vitamin D, GrassrootsHealth, an advocacy organization has launched the D*action Community Project, a consortium of scientists, institutions and individuals committed to solving the worldwide vitamin D deficiency crisis and will hold its first event, a seminar on vitamin D for health professionals at UC San Diego, December 2 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (PRWeb Nov 28, 2008)

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]]> Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1674344.htm BookSwim.com Ranks Leading Books for Dads This Father's Day http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1009654.htm BookSwim.com, a Netflix for books, not only has the perfect gift for dads of all ages this Father's Day, a gift card subscription to its monthly book rental program, but it's provided a guide to the hottest books dads of all ages are currently reading. (PRWeb Jun 10, 2008)

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