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A health advocate in Alabama penned an article this week encouraging people to get more sunshine to treat “winter blues” – a condition formally known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Sherry Mullenix, a nurse who co-owns a pharmacy in Alabama, …

The Republican Party regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives in a landslide mid-term election victory Tuesday — a victory that arguably traces its origins to voter discontent with old-school politics that spawned the 10 percent tax on tanning …

More than 90 percent of Canadians are at risk for negative health outcomes because they will become vitamin D deficient this winter. That’s why Canada’s Vitamin D Society is recognizing November as its 4th Annual Vitamin D Awareness Month.

The …

Just 21 percent of indoor tanning business owners say they plan to increase their staffing levels in 2011 from the 2010 tanning season, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late October.

According to the poll, two out of five …

“A suntan is an evolutionary device, it protects against burning. A suntan is just a sign of increased pigment, melanin, in the skin and is a natural biological response to the sun, not a sign of skin damage.” — Dr. …

One of the internet’s leading health advocacy web sites is reporting that cancer organizations are now advocating sensible sun exposure — simply avoiding sunburn instead of avoiding all sunlight — in writing — a policy shift that would align them …

Many dermatologists who sell chemical sunscreen products in their own offices are improperly, and perhaps illegally, counseling patients that sunscreen prevents skin cancer — an advertising claim that the U.S. government does not allow sunscreen retailers to make, a report …

Thirty tanning business owners won more than $100,000 in prizes in the “Deal or Deal” prize give-away game show that closed Smart Tan’s 15th Annual Convention, Smart Tan Downtown, Sunday afternoon in downtown Nashville.

The three-day conference and two-day trade …