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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, July 22, 2009
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
A New Story Emerges About
Vitamin D
Edwards to be Installed as National
Medical Association President
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It has long been known
that the sun worshipers’ vita
min elevates and sustains a
good mood and is essential
for strong bones and teeth.
But now we know there is a
type called D-3 which is a
more potent, biologically
active form of Vitamin D
called cholecalciferol.
Produced in the skin
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Education Editor
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Staff Writer
Carolyn Guilforrd
through exposure to sun, and
metabolized by the liver and
kidneys to this biologically
active form. Thus promoting
the absorption of calcium
and phosphorus from the
intestine which is necessary
for bone formation and bone
health.
Vitamin D3 studies show
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Staff Writer
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Staff Writer
a strong protective effect
against colon cancer and
many other cancers, by
inhibiting cancer cell prolif
eration. Also a correlation is
drawn between decreased
deaths from cancer with
exposure to sunlight, with
out sunscreen. Sunscreen
blocks most vitamin D pro
duction.
This news is very excit
ing, because it confirms
what vitamin D proponents
have long believed, now
there are clinical trials to
substantiate that Vitamin D
is critical in fighting cancer
as well as many other dis
eases.
Clinical trial participants
aged 55 to 70 and cancer
free were randomized to
take daily dosages of (1)
1,400-1,500 mg supplemen
tal calcium, or (2) 1,400-
I, 500 mg supplemental cal
cium with 1,100 IU of vita
min D3, or (3) placebos.
Over the course of the
trial, women in the calci
um/vitamin D3 group
showed a cancer-risk reduc
tion of 77 percent.
In the participants taking
only the placebo, and those
taking only calcium supple
ments, there was no statisti
cally significant difference
in cancer incidence.
Vitamin D is associated
with reduced incidence of
colon cancer and has been
confirmed in at least nine
studies since the original
study was reviewed. Almost
every type of cancer moni
tored, including breast,
colon and lung, was lower in
the vitamin D group.
See Vitamin D, page 8
Meharry
Medical
Receives Full
Accreditation
Meharry Medical
College announced recently
that it has received official
notification that its Master of
Science in Public Health
Program has been fully
accredited for a five year
term by the Council on
Education for Public Health
(CEPH).
“This is outstanding
news! CEPH is considered
the ‘gold standard’ accredita
tion of public health pro
grams because of its rigor
ous standards,” said Wayne
J. Riley, M.D., MBA, MPH,
MACP, President and CEO
of Meharry.
The Public Health pro
gram began in 1974 and has
produced more than 250
public health alumni who
serve throughout the world.
Today, there are a total of 53
students currently enrolled
in the program. It is the only
CEPH accredited program in
Middle Tennessee.
Meharry Medical
College, a United Methodist
Church affiliated school, is
the nation’s largest private,
independent, historically
black academic health center
dedicated solely to educating
minority and other health
professionals.
Diverse Issues in
Higher Education’s ranking
of institutions annually lists
Meharry as a leading nation
al educator of African
Americans with M.D. and
D.D.S. degrees, and Ph.D.
degrees in the biomedical
Willarda V. Edwards,
M.D., an alumna of The
University of Texas at El
Paso (UTEP), will be
installed as the 110th presi
dent of the National
Medical Association
(NMA) on Tuesday, July
28, during the NMA’s annu
al convention in Las Vegas,
Nev.
Edwards, who prac
tices internal medicine in
Baltimore, Md., will serve a
one-year term as president
of the nation’s largest
organization representing
African-American physi
cians.
The 1972 UTEP biolo
gy graduate says she will
make health care equality
the major focus of her pres
idency. The NMA has a
variety of public-education
initiatives aimed at creating
awareness of and reducing
disparities in health care
among African-Americans
and other minorities.
“A major focus will be
getting minorities in the
health care career pipeline,
which will help improve the
quality of care and ensure
culturally competent care,”
Edwards said.
African Americans,
Dr. Willarda V. Edwards
Hispanics and Native
Americans make up a quar
ter of the United States pop
ulation, but these groups
comprise only nine percent
of practicing physicians.
Edwards said the
NMA will work closely
with the American Medical
Association (AMA), the
nation’s largest physician
organization, on health
equity issues. The organiza
tions’ partnership will be all
the stronger because the
new president of the AMA,
James J. Rohack, M.D.,
happens to be a good friend
of Edwards and a fellow
UTEP alumnus. Rohack,
who was inducted as AMA
president in June, graduated
from UTEP in 1976.
Edwards and Rohack
have worked together on
the Commission to End
Health Care Disparities,
created in 2004 by the
AMA, NMA and National
Hispanic Medical
Association.
Edwards entered pri
vate practice in 1984, and
since that time has estab
lished herself in many lead
ership roles involving
African American and
minority health issues.
She served as the
National Health Advocacy
director for the National
Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) from
2002-2004, and as president
of the Sickle Cell Disease
Association of America
from 2004-2009.
In 2007, she received
the Congressional Black
Caucus Health Brain Trust
Award in Journalism as a
co-author of The Black
Women’s Guide to Black
Men’s Health.
She is a managing
partner in the private prac
tice of Drs. Edwards and
Stephens, Internal
Medicine, in Baltimore,
Md.
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Sports Writer
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