Search

There are indications that risk factors for BCC may differ according to the anatomic site of the tumour but this is not well understood.

Adults living in the sunny Australian climate are at high risk of skin cancer, but vitamin D deficiency (defined here as a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D...

The dramatic rise in early childhood allergic diseases indicates the specific vulnerability of the immune system to early life environmental changes.

Sun exposure is associated with several ophthalmic diseases, including pterygium which may develop in adolescence.

Birth cohort studies provide an invaluable resource for studies of the influence of the fetal environment on health in later life.

The proportion of 25(OH)D3 that undergoes epimerization is greater with oral vitamin D3 supplementation than exposure to UVR in mice, but not in humans

Skin exposure to ultraviolet radiation alters the faecal microbiome, and further investigations to explore the implications of this in health and disease are warranted

Epidemiological evidence from the past decade suggests a role of vitamin D in food allergy pathogenesis

These data highlight that early life levels of vitamin D are an important consideration for maternal behavioural adaptations as well as offspring neuropsychiatry

Felix was one of 195 children to take part in Dr Debbie Palmer’s research into sunlight exposure, vitamin D and eczema.