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Become an Indoor Tanning ‘Champion’
Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy sent a video message to Smart Tan members this week about a new four-hour symposium added to the Smart Tan Downtown schedule designed to create indoor tanning “champions” in every region in North America.…
‘D’ is 4 Times Better than Lipitor: Author
“Each year, about 157,000 Americans die from coronary artery disease-related heart attacks. Based on this most recent study, if every American optimized their vitamin D status, the number of deaths prevented from this kind of heart attack would be 92,500. …
Health Editor: Sunscreen Mis-use Kills
A leading health education editor is spreading the word that the chemical sunscreen industry — in promoting over-use of its product — is killing thousands of people by stoking vitamin D deficiency and denying nature.
“Sun block was created to …
Become an Indoor Tanning ‘Champion’
Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy sent a video message to Smart Tan members this week about a new four-hour symposium added to the Smart Tan Downtown schedule designed to create indoor tanning “champions” in every region in North America.…
New Tax Hurt Tanning Sales, Poll Says
Two months after taking effect, the 10 percent federal luxury tax on tanning, one way or another, has hurt tanning sales according to a SmartTan.com poll of tanning facility owners conducted in late August.
Three-quarters of tanning business owners say …
Changing attitudes toward UV
“The problem with melanoma, as with many other branches of contemporary clinical research, is that it is based on circumstantial evidence obtained from epidemiological studies rather than an understanding of the pathology. Melanoma is an illustration of the muddle introduced …
Study Unlocks How ‘D’ Prevents Cancer
Scientists have now mapped the exact points where Vitamin D interacts with more than 200 genes, unlocking more of the mechanism by which natural levels of ‘The Sunshine Vitamin’ are related to overall health, according to a study published this …
‘D’ Pioneer Frank Garland Passes at 60
Dr. Frank Garland, Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California San Diego and Technical Director of the Naval Health Research Center passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 17 at UCSD Thornton Hospital after contending with a …
