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The Vitamin D Council this week raised the question that high-dosage vitamin D — dosages only naturally consistent with regular sun exposure — may be just as protective as flu vaccines in protecting people from flu-like symptoms in the winter.…

Reuters News Service is reporting that authorities at a large Russian prison — attempting to curb the incidence of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases amongst inmates — will install sunbeds at the prison “to improve the health of its inmates.”…

Aol News is reporting that Facebook has recently updated their mobile application, adding new features to Places, which is their location check-in service. One of the new features is Deals, which is designed to allow business owners to offer special …

The owners of professional indoor tanning facilities overwhelmingly believe that they are teaching effective sunburn prevention one person at a time in their communities, according to a SmartTan.com poll.

According to the poll, more than 9 of 10 salon owners …

Indoor tanning is just like sunshine: UVA/UVB, sunburn prevention, vitamin D, beautiful results and it feels great!  The We Are Sunshine campaign reinforces what people that naturally know; a message being lost in the lies of Sun Scare.

The website, …

Sometimes called “business cards for the digital age,” a good website is a critical tool in reaching consumers through the Internet. USA Today has a great question and answer piece where they give seven mistakes to avoid when building a …

Oprah Winfrey’s popular magazine, O, is asking everyone to get their vitamin D blood levels checked — acknowledging that too little sunshine has led to mass vitamin D deficiency in society today.

Winfrey herself admitted to being vitamin D deficient …

Cheri Cosgrove of Tanworld has conducted and released the results of a survey examining parents’ views of government interference in decisions about their children. The survey asked what parents thought of teen tanning, whether they would let their kids play …