News Archive for March, 2008

The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday printed one of the best stories to date explaining in anthropologic terms why humans tan and why sunlight is natural and intended.…

The American Academy of Dermatology this week repeated its incorrect assertion that people do not need sun exposure to make vitamin D.…

The American Academy of Dermatology this week repeated its incorrect assertion that people don’t need sun exposure to make vitamin D.

“Vitamin D is essential for optimal health, and appropriate amounts of vitamin D can be obtained through a healthy …

The Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) on Wednesday launched an aggressive nationwide campaign encouraging the public to rethink sun-tanning and criticizing dermatologists and the sunscreen and cosmetics industries for scaring Americans away from the sun.…

The Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) on Wednesday launched an aggressive nationwide campaign encouraging the public to rethink sun-tanning and criticizing dermatologists and the sunscreen and cosmetics industries for scaring Americans away from the sun.…

The bodies of nearly all Americans are contaminated with a sunscreen chemical that has been linked to allergies, hormone disruption, and cell damage, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). A companion study from the …

The bodies of nearly all Americans are contaminated with a sunscreen chemical that has been linked to allergies, hormone disruption, and cell damage, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). A companion study from the …

While most of the dermatology profession has an inexplicably myopic view about tanning, many enlightened dermatologists have broken ranks with their peers in recent years, urging their profession to re-think its one-sided dogma about sun exposure. Two of the most …