Let Them Eat Cake

Sunlight causes cancer (bad)! It also helps us make vitamin D (good). Should we avoid it? On Wednesday the Indoor Tanning Association gave us their opinion. Are they correct?

My pregnant friend has studiously avoided cats (toxoplasmosis), alcohol (fetal alcohol syndrome), tuna (mercury), soft cheese (listeriosis), and sushi (oy gevalt). Recently she sent me this, wondering if she should also give up her daily macchiato habit:

“Too much caffeine during pregnancy may increase the risk of miscarriage, a new study says.”
New York Times, January 21, 2008, “Pregnancy Problems Tied to Caffeine”