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It’s an almost unbelievable story that could easily come from the sets of Hollywood:

Woman gets in serious car accident with oncoming semi. She and her family nearly die. Following Jaws of Life, coma, three brain surgeries and much suffering, …

In a parallel universe much like our own, Bill Rancic was walking down the street on a sunny June day in 1994. He had just graduated from Loyola University with a Bachelor of Science. The sun was bright, the Windy …

Congress’ decision to place a 10 percent luxury tax on indoor tanning starting today to help fund the U.S. Health Care Reform Act of 2010 will actually raise the cost of health care reform by $3.3 billion to U.S. taxpayers.…

With the U.S. federal 10 percent luxury tax on indoor tanning services set to take effect Thursday, a rally planned by Nebraska tanning facilities on the state capital steps there is starting to garner national interest.

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman …

A new American Medical Association policy urging black-skinned Americans to use chemical sunscreen just as often as white Americans may actually contribute to epidemic levels of severe vitamin D deficiency in darker-skinned Americans and is an example of how many …

New York Times syndicated health columnist Jane Brody penned a column this week suggesting that indoor tanning and suntanning may be addictive — a scientifically dubious thought being promoted by groups who are lobbying against the indoor tanning market as …

Yet another physician has written a high-profile column urging people to get back into the sun and to set aside the most drastic and misguided mantra in dermatology: sun abstinence.

“For the last 30 years or so, doctors (dermatologists in …

Six out of 10 indoor tanning businesses say they expect to be in the black in 2010 according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in June — a sure sign that the tanning market continues to be a mixed-bag in the …