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Making strange headlines this week, the American Academy of Dermatology acknowledged that some evidence now suggests that vitamin D — the sunshine vitamin — may in some instances be protective against melanoma just as it appears to be protective against …

Girls aged 11-12 aren’t getting enough vitamin D and need more than recent recommendations have suggested, a study published this month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports.

“In the new study, published in the American Journal of …

Smart Tan Magazine this month takes a look at the salon industry’s biggest up-and-comer this year: red light therapy. Industry experts Eric Haynes from PC Marketing/uwe, Melissa Ball from Heartland Tanning and Jerry Deveney from JK-North America offer tips on …

Almost half of sunbed centers say that more doctors are utilizing tanning services in the past year according to a SmartTan.com survey — another indication that many in the medical community are catching on to a balanced message about UV …

Thousands of news reports continue to suggest that “sun tanning is as dangerous as tobacco” because UV and cigarettes are both considered carcinogens. But the comparison is a blatant misrepresentation.

1. Smoker’s risk of lung cancer: 15 percent — or 2,000

Urban Sun will be celebrating its eighth anniversary by hosting a red carpet event to benefit the American Heart Association. The event is scheduled to take place February 18-20 and will have plenty of ways to support the San Diego …

When a newspaper reporter bothers to explore the math behind dermatology’s biggest anti-tan slam, the numbers don’t add up.

“Even the IARC’s strongest study — which followed more than 100,000 women over eight years — found that less than three-tenths …

Everybody knows that healthy, bronzed skin is sexy. And Devoted Creations is stepping sexy up a notch with its Sexification Sensual Silicone Bronzer with Silk Extract Beads. Not only will your customers’ skin feel luxuriously smooth and satiny because of …