Richard Weller

More Sun Exposure Is Associated With a Longer Life youtube.com/shorts/itDBS3z… via @YouTube

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Dr. Richard Weller, UK dermatologist, and author of the recent article published advocating a rethink of sunlight here: jidonline.org/article/S0022-… also appeared on the People's Pharmacy talking about US dermatologists. It's a good listen: peoplespharmacy.com/articles/the-s…

Its wild that more than 3 years on, some dermatologists are still upset/concerned with our melanoma overdiagnosis paper. Its telling not a single cogent response has been mounted. Overdiagnosis is clearly happening, ignoring it doesn't make it go away.

Our new study suggests that the benefits of higher UV exposure outweigh the risks in low light environments like the UK. We used geographic and behavioural UV estimates, validated by vitamin D serum levels and a negative control outcome to test this Q. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

one geographical and one behavioural. Whichever way you look at it, Britons who get more sun exposure are healthier and live longer, through reduced heart disease but also through reduced overall cancer mortality. Do read the paper-it is open access

Pleased to see this paper of ours now published lnkd.in/ehMNA54N and even better, an article in the The Economist describing our findings. lnkd.in/eKGePiFw Broadly we studied participants in the UK Biobank with two independent measures of sunlight exposure-

@dmrind @AdeAdamson Indeed- but can we stop shift the balance of research from overwhelmingly on mechanisms of harm and start thinking about the beneficial effects. And that doesn’t stop with Vitamin D!

@AdeAdamson @WellerRichard This is the "vitamin D" problem. No amount of adjustment can deal with the confounding that people who are out in the sun more are healthier. Doesn't make it causal....

Interesting research by @WellerRichard and others using UK Biobank. UV exposure associated with LOWER all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality. Manuscript here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39094281/

@Dermin_ @AdeAdamson @Dermin_ read the paper- it’s open access. We corrected extensively for confounders such as income, underlying health status, deprivation, exercise etc. our findings are of the UK population so may not apply in sunnier countries

@AdeAdamson @WellerRichard Great post. @WellerRichard also just published a great review that explores the topic in detail pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38661623/

@drg1985 @experimentbooks David- sunlight has significant vitamin D independent health benefits. Check out my current review jidonline.org/article/S0022-… or this from @rowanjacobsen theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

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@timspector I fully agree that we have overdemonised sun but am not convinced that Vit D accounts for many benefits in man. Good summary by @rowanjacobsen here theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

feel like a John Le Carre character running agents behind the iron curtain- any thought that sunshine could have benefits seems total anathema. You need to start considering overall health. Being a good dermatologist shouldn't mean being a bad doctor

I have given plenary talks around Europe @Swissderma @ESDRorg @CharlesUCD @HealthySkin4All @StJohnsDerm and colleagues here understand that sunlight has benefits, not just risks jidonline.org/article/S0022-… . Blanket sun avoidance is harmful. I know I have US dermatology allies, but I

Moderate sun exposure can be good for you. Why won’t American experts acknowledge that? @rowanjacobsen reports: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi… Great article by @rowanjacobsen . US colleagues @AADskin when are you going to think again about sunshine? The evidence base has changed.