SUN LOWERS PROSTATE CANCER RISK

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The more sun a man is exposed to, the lower his risk of developing advanced prostate cancer, suggests the largest study of its kind to look into the anti-cancer effects of sunlight. The research adds to emerging evidence that exposure to UV rays, which increases the body's vitamin D production. may help prevent the most common cancer in Canadian men.

California researchers who measured UV exposure in more than 900 men from the San Francisco Bay area found those without cancer had significantly more lifetime solar exposure than men with advanced prostate cancer. Those with the highest amount of UV exposure, as measured by forehead tanning, had half the risk of prostate cancer than men with the lowest.

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The study was reported in the June 15th issue of the journal Cancer Research.

(Taken from Healing Bridge,The Centre For Integrated Healing, Fall, 2005).