Health
Too Little Vitamin D May Explain Black Americans’ Cancer Deaths
[MSNBC] African-Americans are 25 percent more likely to die from cancer than white Americans are, and the reasons are numerous, including lower socio-economic status, poorer access to health care, and the cancer diagnosis coming at later, more deadly stages.
Still, health experts say these factors cannot fully explain the extent of disparities in survival for the most common cancers, such as breast, lung, colon and prostate cancers.
A paper published in the current issue of the journal Dermato-Endocrinology points the finger at a seemingly obvious but overlooked culprit: the sun.
Read on as Christopher Wanjek explains researchers’ theories about the connection between sun exposure and cancer.
