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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 …

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.…

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

A study in the August Archives of Dermatology has once again stated that UVB light sources are effective at treating the skin disease psoriasis and may be part of a dermatology-inspired effort to gain back phototherapy business lost to the …

Bill Rancic – the grassroots entrepreneur who won Tycoon Donald Trump’s first ‘The Apprentice’ show on NBC – is the keynote speaker at Smart Tan Downtown Oct. 22-24 in Downtown Nashville, an event with a conference designed to address tanning’s …