SUNLIGHT AND HEALTH

Sanatoria revisited: sunlight and health.

Since the 18th century tuberculosis has been a major cause of death throughout the world. It is a highly infectious disease that spreads by droplet infection and finding effective treatment to combat tuberculosis took a great deal of time. One of the first treatments to have some real success was a stay in a sanatorium. Sanatoria were homes that provided patients with good food and fresh air (a...

Sunlight and Vitamin D: Necessary for Public Health

GrassrootsHealth, Encinitas, California (C.A.B., C.B.F., S.L.M.); Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California (R.E.C., C.F.G., E.D.G.); Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center, San Francisco, California (W.B.G.); Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska (R.P.H.); Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mas...

Sunlight, vitamin D and health: A D-lightful story

Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, has been made on earth for at least 750 million years. Vitamin D evolved during this time into a hormone not only for regulating calcium and bone metabolism, but also for a variety of noncalcemic actions that have been related to decreasing risk of common cancers, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases and heart disease. Vitamin D requires hydroxylations in th...

Commentary Sunlight and Vitamin D: Necessary for Public Health

GrassrootsHealth, Encinitas, California (C.A.B., C.B.F., S.L.M.); Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California (R.E.C., C.F.G., E.D.G.); Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center, San Francisco, California (W.B.G.); Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska (R.P.H.); Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mas...

Orange and Sunlight: A Recipe for Blisters