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Article: Sun Exposure for Vitamin D = Bad Medicine, Says The Sun Safety Alliance; - Recommending Unprotected Sun Exposure to Get Adequate Vitamin D Misleading, Medically Irresponsible, Experts Say -.
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- March 25, 2004
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NEW YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunning to prevent vitamin D deficiency is like smoking to combat anxiety, experts say in response to recent reports linking the health benefits of vitamin D to unprotected sun exposure. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, the Yale School of Dermatology and the Sun Safety Alliance, these claims are scientifically unsound and mislead the public about the very real dangers of ultraviolet (UV) radiation -- the leading cause of skin cancer.
Dr. Madeline Duvic, Deputy Chair of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Dermatology, says, "Given that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently declared UV ...