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UV Therapy Denied for Travel ‘Anxiety’

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Psoriasis patients in rural Wales are being denied low-cost UV therapy treatments by doctors who are instead prescribing more-expensive drugs to treat the cosmetic skin disease, the news source WalesOnline is reporting.

2011-09-07 Parking Stress copyDr. Chris Edwards, technical director of the private …

Is Sunscreen Group Lying About ‘D’ Sources?

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

“Vitamin D is essential for strong bones and a healthy immune system. While a limited amount of vitamin D can be obtained from exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the health risks of UV exposure — including skin cancer

Salons Integrating Spray: Smart Tan Poll

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Three-out-of-four indoor tanning salon owners say that spray tanning services are becoming a bigger part of their overall business, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late August and early September.

According to the poll, 75 percent say spray is …

‘D’ Lowers Breast Cancer Risk: Report

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

2011-09-06 D Lowers Breast Cancer Risk copyYet another report has linked natural vitamin D blood levels — those achieved by average outdoor workers and indoor tanning clients — with a 50 percent reduction in breast cancer risk. The new study — a review of 11 case-control …

Does AAD Claim Contradict ACS?

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Two American Academy of Dermatology press statements this spring about melanoma incidence appear to directly contradict American Cancer Society statements about the disease and appear to be conflicted by the National Cancer Institute’s own data reports.

doesaddclaimUnder scrutiny are AAD …

Derm: Tans are Nature’s Sunblock

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

British dermatology leader Dr. Sam Shuster says that a suntan is not damage — it is nature’s intended design and that anyone who thinks otherwise should “tell that to Darwin.” Shuster’s comments on suntans are published as a portion of …

California Amendment Spares Derms from Ban

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Lawmakers in California this week added an amendment specifically exempting phototherapy in dermatology offices from proposed legislation that would ban those under 18 from using professional tanning salons — an amendment that makes no scientific sense at all.

2011-08-31 Dermatologists Happy with Amendment copy“Phototherapy has …

Derm: Melanin a Sunscreen ‘Alternative’

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

A Manchester University dermatology professor told the British press this week that melanin produced in the skin by a new experimental drug without UV exposure could be “an alternative to commercial sunscreens” — a statement that seems to implicitly acknowledge …

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