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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 …

The Alliance for Natural Health — a Washington DC-based national consumer group fighting for all-things natural — has collected nearly 50,000 signatures on a petition urging Congress to appoint a new scientific panel to review vitamin D after last November’s …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …