Sunlight may suppress immune defenses

[lullabi]

Yay for me then, I never go outside.

[Nick]

I guess everything in moderation is an applicable concept here. The article also has a flip side as reported by Dr. Bruce Armstrong of the University of Sydney in Australia :

"The relationship between sunlight and cancer is complex, he said.

Many studies have noted a link between cancer incidence and how far north people live. In general, these reports show that several kinds of cancer, including colon, prostate and breast, are less frequent in southern areas, suggesting that sunlight may protect against them.

Armstrong's own study, also presented Tuesday, found that the more sunlight people receive, the less likely they are to get non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He looked at 1,398 people and found that those who got the most sun had a one-third lower risk than those who got the least."

[Nagual]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4632939/