New Preprint: Arbitrary vitamin D deficiency thresholds yield unreliable & potentially spurious results. Our analysis of Vit-D studies finds:
⚠️74% inappropriately dichotomised
⚠️10 different thresholds for deficiency
⚠️Little impact of UK/US levels
https://t.co/bTlgPDmDoS
World Vitamin D Day is November 2nd. Sun exposure and vitamin D help you live longer. Adults need a vitamin D intake of 4,000 IU/day from all sources, sun, artificial UVB, food and supplements. Please help STOP Vitamin D Deficiency https://t.co/YqJDL025dK #WorldVitaminDDay
Want a job where you can help to develop new research proposals and clinical trials in #melanoma and #SkinCancer? Check this job out with @MASC_Trials.
The 2018 @AIHW Australian Burden of Disease Study is now out. It finds that 42% of the #cancer burden in Australia is preventable, with the top risk factors being:
#Tobacco (22%)
#Overweight/#Obesity (7%)
#Alcohol (5%)
#Diet (5%)
#SunExposure (4%)
Link: https://t.co/HAqJlZ1389
Skin cancer is the most common & costly cancer in Aus, yet there's no federal $$$ for prevention. This paper makes the case for govts to invest in a comprehensive skin cancer prevention strategy https://t.co/eKa9rLctzr @CancerVic@CancerCouncilOz @CraigSinclairA @ToddHarperAUS
“Only 4% of the world’s funding for #COVID19 research has gone into public health measures…to improve the health of populations, we must press our political leaders to invest in public health” wise words from @fgodlee@bmj_latest https://t.co/oMp87rUEys