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New research showing how the body actually metabolizes vitamin D supports the fact that sun exposure to the skin is the only natural and reliable way to process natural and intended levels of “the sunshine vitamin.”

The Vitamin D Council …

With economic indicators starting to point in the right direction in parts of North America, a SmartTan.com poll conducted in December gives a split-message on the overall retail environment, with just under half of salons saying that their retail conditions …

The state of New York put new regulations on the indoor tanning business community into effect on Tuesday.

According to the state’s Web site, the new rules require teens ages 14 to 18 to have parental consent before using a …

The University of Minnesota study published this week in the Archives of Dermatology attempts to build a case that no one is getting the message that too much UV is a bad thing and that indoor tanning is to blame …

Have you ever noticed that fast food chains like McDonalds, Burger King and Wendy’s all use similar color schemes? There’s a reason for that; the colors red, yellow and blue all make consumers feel a certain way.

KISSmetrics, a marketing …

A trio of articles in the new Archives of Dermatology, written by authors who have conducted political lobbying for the dermatology industry, are attempting to suggest that most people who use indoor tanning equipment are not aware that UV overexposure …

Surveillance video released this week by police shows a tanning salon client who bravely grabbed a hand gun from a would-be tanning salon robber in a south-side Chicago suburb Dec. 11, shooting the robber dead in the salon’s reception area.…

A consortium of British public health groups has done an about-face, recommending that British citizens go out and get non-burning levels of mid-day sun to make sufficient vitamin D.

“Going out in the midday sun without sunscreen is good for …