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The Chicago Tribune authored an editorial on Friday slamming indoor tanning but misstated facts in an attempt to dissuade readers from using indoor tanning equipment. “The use of tanning beds by people under age 30 is associated with melanoma, the …

Nebraska state Sen. Abbie Cornett has introduced a bill to eliminate a 7 percent state tax on indoor tanning services in the state. Along with Sen. Cornett, four other state senators have co-signed the bill. One of those co-signers, Sen. …

A story published this week by FoodConsumer.org has explained the mechanism by which vitamin D leads to the destruction of prostate cancer cells and why the sunshine vitamin is believed to reduce the risk of most other cancers.

“J. Moreno …

“It wouldn’t make a difference to me.” — 14-year-old Jasmine Jody, of Tinley Park, Illinois, who told the Chicago Sun-Times and its affiliate papers Wednesday that if the state of Illinois changed rules to prohibit those under 18 from tanning …

Groups that plan to propose under-18 tanning restrictions to states, provinces and municipalities are ignoring conflicting data in a blind effort to denigrate any and all UV exposure, International Smart Tan Network believes.

Groups are pointing at survey research on …

“Exposing yourself to sunlight is the most important source of vitamin D. Sunlight is far more likely to provide you with your vitamin D requirement than food is.”

—Dr. Jack D’Angelo, The Richmond (New York) County Medical Society, as printed …

TanningBooth, a new iPhone application, allows users to give their photos a beautiful bronzed tan, according to an article on iPadmodo. The app, on sale for 99 cents, is available for the iPhone and soon the iPad as well. The …

Do you enjoy summer year round? Soltron’s M-60 Banana Beach provides a “summer feeling all year long.” So, shed your threads and enjoy the summer and all it has to offer – and where better than on a summer beach? …