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Private Equity Firm Acquires Sunless Inc.
The indoor tanning market’s largest supplier of spray tanning booths this week announced a partnership with a private equity firm designed to speed up the company’s expansion plans.
In a press statement issued this week, Sunless Inc. – the Ohio-based …
Vitamin D Report: Nature Got It Wrong
A government-commissioned report on vitamin D in North America contained a strange contradiction: saying in one sentence that the population is getting enough vitamin D, but conspicuously underplaying the fact that they also recommend tripling the daily vitamin D recommendation …
More Sun Means Less Cancer: New Study
Women who use sunbeds more than once a month for several decades had a 37 percent lower risk of contracting breast cancer, according to a new prospective study of nearly 50,000 Swedish women followed for 15 years — a strong …
‘Sun Scare’ Blamed for British Rickets Cases
A British report is blaming overzealous sun protection campaigns for the resurgence of rickets — a bone disfiguring disease in minors caused by extreme vitamin D deficiency.
Dr. Elspeth Webb, a Cardiff University children’s health expert, told the British Broadcasting …
Apparent ‘Sting’ Survey Targets Teen Tanning
A New Jersey tanning business owner received a phone call July 21 from what is apparently a sting operation attempting to get tanning salon employees to tell an operator they would allow a teen-age caller to tan in their salon …
10% Tax Hurting Tanning Businesses: Poll
About two-thirds of tanning businesses say the federal 10 percent excise tax on UV tanning services — which took affect in July 2010 as part of the 2010 Health Care Act — has hurt their businesses more than they expected, …
Report: ‘Tanning: Let the Sunshine In’
One of Britain’s largest newspapers on Tuesday published a story accusing Sun Scare profiteers of going to far — asking the question, “Is it time we stopped being so scared of the sun?”
In an article headlined,“Tanning: Let the Sunshine …
NCI and ACS Mislead on Cancer: Book
A leading expert on cancer prevention has once again slammed North America’s two largest cancer organizations for failing to focus on cancer prevention efforts like vitamin D sufficiency and instead squandering donor and taxpayer money on pharmaceutical-oriented cancer treatment programs.…
