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The Houston Chronicle produced a bylined article this week slamming indoor tanning with material that was obviously supplied to it by an anti-tanning group. Although Chronicle reporter Dale Robertson put his name on the piece, we think he got all …

Three quarters of tanning businesses have seen an increase in the past five years in the number of clients who use indoor tanning as a therapeutic exercise, according to the results of a SmartTan.com survey conducted in April.

Although the …

The non-profit Vitamin D Council reported this week that a 71-year-old advanced-stage pneumonia victim — thought to be on her death bed — was given a high-dosage vitamin D intervention and surprised her doctors by recovering.

Dr. John Cannell, founder …

“Here’s something else to consider: Vitamin D made in the skin lasts at least twice as long in the blood as vitamin D ingested from the diet. When you are exposed to sunlight, you make not only vitamin D but …

The opponent to New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney — the sponsor of “Tan Act” legislation that redundantly asked FDA to review warning language on indoor tanning equipment and this year’s Tanning Bed Cancer Control Act that asked FDA to redundantly …

Half of all indoor tanning businesses reported that business fell short of expectations in the first quarter of 2010, according to the results of a SmartTan.com poll conducted in early April — further indication that the recession that has gripped …

A WCBS News story in New York acknowledged that fear of the sun is the cause of vitamin D deficiency — the latest in media and scientific acknowledgment of something that has been obvious to those who research UV light.…

Canada’s death rate could fall by as many as 37,000 deaths each year or 16 per cent if Canadians simply increased their daily vitamin D intake to intended levels, says a study conducted by four of the world’s leading vitamin …