News Archive for February, 2011

The city of Victoria banned teen tanning as you may have heard last month. Here is what we heard from the mayors and councilors that sit on the CRD Board: The represented 12 cities and towns that make up the …

There’s zero doubt we live in an electronic world – I wrote this article on a computer, I e-mailed it to my art director, who uploaded it to the Internet-based publishing program we use. From there, the magazine went on …

By Rich Kizer & Georganne Bender

So, where do you stand with social media? Usually it’s one of two places: you’re either all over it, or you just don’t know where to begin. Knowing where to begin can be a …

By Dr. Marc Sorenson, EdD

The Institute of Medicine (IOM), a health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, has just released its long-awaited vitamin D supplementation recommendations. To the disappointment of the world’s leading vitamin D scientists, those recommendations …

By Will Dias

Almost 16 years ago Roger Holmes and his wife had an inkling to be part of the tanning community. Holmes had worked in the convenience store industry, but wanted to be part of the emerging business of …

By Kirstin Genthner

When I’m driving in the car with my preschooler, he points out every traffic light. At each intersection, he reminds me that “Red means stop and green means go.” I don’t really mind having a back seat …

“The problem is that vitamin D is not really a vitamin, it’s a hormone. If your thyroid hormone level was low, you’d gain 20, 30, or more pounds in weight, your blood pressure would skyrocket, you’d lose your hair, become …

The Telegraph is reporting that players from the Manchester United soccer team are using cutting-edge technology to create more effective training programs. . One of those cutting edge technologies is ‘vitamin D beds.’ The beds, which are similar to sunbeds, …