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“Technically not a ‘vitamin,’ vitamin D is in a class by itself. Its metabolic product, calcitriol, is actually a secosteroid hormone that targets over 1000 genes in the human body. Current research has implicated vitamin D deficiency as a major …

Press reports about vitamin D research are starting to figure out that the amount of vitamin D people need can only be satisfied naturally through regular sun exposure — with some recommendations now suggesting humans need 10 times more “sunshine …

Press reports about vitamin D research are starting to figure out that the amount of vitamin D people need can only be satisfied naturally through regular sun exposure — with some recommendations now suggesting humans need 10 times more “sunshine …

Happy Holidays, Indoor Tanning Community! Some Dec. 25 holiday origins celebrated the sun god.”In imperial Rome, the December 25 feast in honor of the Invincible Sun, Sol Invictus, was accompanied by the exchange of gifts, cutting of greens, lighting of …

Happy Holidays, Indoor Tanning Community! Some Dec. 25 holiday origins celebrated the sun god.”In imperial Rome, the December 25 feast in honor of the Invincible Sun, Sol Invictus, was accompanied by the exchange of gifts, cutting of greens, lighting of …

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston have shown that almost 75 percent of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes are deficient in vitamin D, HealthDay.com reported this week.…

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston have shown that almost 75 percent of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes are deficient in vitamin D, HealthDay.com reported this week.…

Just more than half of all indoor tanning facilities added new equipment into their mix in 2008, according to a SmartTan.com survey conducted in December. According to the survey, 53 percent of salons purchased new tanning equipment in the calendar …