News Archive for July, 2011

The U.S. National Cancer Institute — in bold type on an a section added to its web site in June 2010 — admits that there is no evidence that avoiding sunlight or sunbeds actually decreases the risk of skin cancer.…

On August 5, 2011, Uptown Tan in Geneseo, NY will be co-hosting a networking event with KeyBank’s Key4Women called “The Truth About Sun Exposure.” The event will comprise of refreshments and a fifteen-minute presentation given by Uptown Tan’s owner LuAnn …

Professional football players who sustain an injury are more likely to be vitamin D deficient according to a study presented at the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine’s Annual Meeting in San Diego July 13.

“Researchers testing the vitamin D …

A Fox Business News report Thursday slammed the Health Care Law’s 10 percent tax on indoor tanning as an unfair job-killer that should be repealed.

“Thousands of salons have been forced to close,” Fox Business reporter Ashley Webster said in …

Social media first came to the public’s attention with sites like MySpace and Facebook. While MySpace has fallen out of favor with the masses, Facebook is busy setting the bar higher and higher for social networking. And there are even …

There is mounting evidence that the public is catching on to the “sun scare” scam machine driving over-use of chemical sunscreen, with a Huffington Post poll offering the latest evidence.

HP ran a story about fashion model Giesele’s recent public …

Everyone knows that the sign shaped like a goofy cowboy hat is for Arby’s. When we see the mile high golden arches from the highway we know there is a McDonald’s near by. We recognize these signs without being told …

Smart Tan Magazine’s July issue features the story of Brandon Stokes, owner of Sun Factory Tanning in Marysville, Wash. — a salon Stokes purchased after working his way up through the ranks at the store right out of high …