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Unmotivated employees can cause a lot of problems for your business; they can hurt your reputation and ultimately your bottom line. One of the biggest challenges a business owner will face is to encourage these unmotivated persons to be passionate …

Dermatology’s latest study attempting to mischaracterize humanity’s natural chemical attraction to sunlight as “addiction” only involved seven subjects and didn’t actually use real indoor tanning sessions, a closer analysis of the study’s protocol revealed.

“The new study involved seven frequent …

Telling its readers to “kick the winter blues” of seasonal depression, popular entertainment news source Access Hollywood this week pointed to the fact that sun exposure and sunbed exposure have benefits.

“The seasonal blues are a feeling of mild depression …

An International Smart Tan Network survey of 6,881 indoor tanning clients revealed that 11 percent of tanning clients say a doctor referred them to a tanning salon for therapeutic reasons and that 28 percent of those referring physicians were dermatologists. …

Hollywood Tans today announced that its fourth annual Season Premiere Day will be Saturday, March 10. To mark the start of the indoor tanning season, participating Hollywood Tans salons throughout the United States will provide free indoor tanning all day …

The health benefits of carefully increased UV exposure — from the sun or from sunbeds — outweigh the disputed and often-oversimplified risks of permanent skin damage, according to an Oslo University study published in the journal Public Health Nutrition.

The …

Tanning businesses are approaching advertising differently in 2012 — with about one-third increasing budgets, one-third decreasing budgets and one-third keeping ad spending at 2011 levels, a SmartTan.com poll conducted in February suggests.

According to the poll, 29 percent will increase …

“Vitamin D may represent the single most cost-effective medical intervention we have today.” — Minneapolis internist Dr. Greg Plotnikoff, as quoted in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Plotnikoff is the author of a study suggesting that employers could save $112 to $370 …