News Archive for September, 2010

The manufacturer of Botox — which months ago lobbied congress to horse-trade a 5 percent tax on Botox injections for the 10 percent federal tax on tanning — has agreed to pay the government $600 million to settle its own …

The founder of the internet’s most widely read natural health web site has again slammed the chemical sunscreen and cosmetic dermatology industries for fueling public health problems related to sunlight deprivation and vitamin D deficiency.

Dr. Joseph Mercola, founder of …

Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy sent a video message to Smart Tan members this week about a new four-hour symposium added to the Smart Tan Downtown schedule designed to create indoor tanning “champions” in every region in North America.…

“Each year, about 157,000 Americans die from coronary artery disease-related heart attacks. Based on this most recent study, if every American optimized their vitamin D status, the number of deaths prevented from this kind of heart attack would be 92,500. …

A leading health education editor is spreading the word that the chemical sunscreen industry — in promoting over-use of its product — is killing thousands of people by stoking vitamin D deficiency and denying nature.

“Sun block was created to …