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Oprah Winfrey’s popular magazine, O, is asking everyone to get their vitamin D blood levels checked — acknowledging that too little sunshine has led to mass vitamin D deficiency in society today.

Winfrey herself admitted to being vitamin D deficient …

Cheri Cosgrove of Tanworld has conducted and released the results of a survey examining parents’ views of government interference in decisions about their children. The survey asked what parents thought of teen tanning, whether they would let their kids play …

“Sunlight is more powerful than any drug; it is safe, effective, and available free of charge. If it could be patented, it would be hyped as the greatest medical breakthrough in history. It’s that good.” — Mike Adams, Consumer Health …

During the 2010 legislative session, the Georgia state government passed a bill that amended Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A). The amendment mandates that every “tanning facility” in Georgia will have to register with the Department …

Smart Tan this week hosted the first in a six-part webinar series featuring material from classes from Smart Tan Downtown in Nashville Oct. 22-24 that were popular but which were concurrent to other courses.

“This is the first time we’ve …

A recent graduate of Edinburgh Napier in the United Kingdom, Andrew O’Dowd, has designed a wristband that responds to UV light according to an article on BBC.co.uk. The wristband keeps track of how much UV exposure a person is getting, …

You can help Grassroots Health — the vitamin D advocacy group that galvanized the vitamin D research community to support natural vitamin D levels of 40-60 ng/ml as the new target range — win a $250,000 challenge grant from the …

A health advocate in Alabama penned an article this week encouraging people to get more sunshine to treat “winter blues” – a condition formally known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Sherry Mullenix, a nurse who co-owns a pharmacy in Alabama, …