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Vitamin D deficiency has quietly become one of the most common nutritional shortfalls worldwide. It often wears no symptoms ...

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Exposure to sunlight can have a lasting impact on overall health, according to critical care physician Dr. Roger Seheult. He shares his tips for balancing the benefits and risks.

Sunlight, or actually lack of sunlight due to our decreasing daylengths during the fall of the year, is the single most important factor involved in the fall color change.

J ails are notorious for inhumane conditions. Detainees often complain of violence, inedible food, limited programming and subpar healthcare.Lack of sunlight may be an unexpected addition to the list.

For many of us, the lack of sunlight at specific points of the year can trigger the “winter blues.” It’s normal to feel a little sluggish or less upbeat.

As someone who suffers from depression, Hope Spencer of Rock Island is gloomy enough as it is sometimes. But during the winter months, her depression worsens as the amount of sunlight diminishes ...

But he still remembers the lack of air and sunlight in the county jail. He said the windows on the main housing units are “a little slot. You have to peek out. You don’t get a full view.