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African American women aren’t getting the vitamin D they need because they aren’t getting enough sunlight, according to an article published this week about a new study in the journal Breast Cancer Research.

“Vitamin D is made through sun exposure. …

In recognition of Natural Breast Cancer Prevention Month, the Vitamin D Foundation is kicking off the 2012 Natural Breast Cancer Prevention Campaign to educate communities about the powerful preventative effects of UV-induced vitamin D and raise money to support additional …

A highly decorated figure in the dermatology community endorsed the International Smart Tan Network’s position on sunlight and moderate UV exposure as “fair and balanced” in his latest book.

Dr. Bernard Ackerman, an award-winning professor of dermatology who is considered …

An Australian study has shown that the amount of vitamin D you need to be replete in the sunshine vitamin may be more than 8 times higher than the 600 IU the Institute of Medicine declared last fall.

A research …

The sunless tanning trend has become a large part of salon business over the past several years. Yet, many salons aren’t utilizing this service, or aren’t using it to its full potential. Read April’s Smart Tan Magazine main feature, “Full-Throttle …

Mayo Dermatology’s baseless attack on indoor tanning this week is predicated entirely on one small Minnesota county that averaged just 1 melanoma a year in women 18-39 in the 1970s — as small a sample as is statistically possible for …

Dermatology itself slammed the Mayo Clinic’s one-county skin cancer registry as not representing the rest of the nation — a point many in the American news media did not pick up on Monday when reports about Mayo’s latest one-county skin …

Tanned skin has been a popular accessory for over 80 years. Have any of you ever wondered why? Autumn Whitefield-Madrano is a writer for The Beheld, a blog examining our concepts of beauty. In her blog, she reviews the history …