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“All you have to do is look at someone like me – I’m young, I’m healthy, I don’t smoke and I’m not someone who lazes about in the sun, but I still got it.” — Melanoma survivor Maddy Bellcroft, who …

Anti-sun messaging has not slowed increases in melanoma in New Zealand — particularly in older men — which has Kiwi health officials completely missing the point: They have aimed their melanoma messages at the wrong groups.…

Anti-sun messaging has not slowed increases in melanoma in New Zealand — particularly in older men — which has Kiwi health officials completely missing the point: They have aimed their melanoma messages at the wrong groups.…

Smart Tan on Thursday responded to another beauty magazine story claiming that indoor tanning can be addictive like drugs or cigarettes — a claim that has no scientific basis but which relies on twisted studies that miss the big picture.…

Smart Tan on Thursday responded to another beauty magazine story claiming that indoor tanning can be addictive like drugs or cigarettes — a claim that has no scientific basis but which relies on twisted studies that miss the big picture.…

“Research very strongly relates indoor tanning to skin cancer, especially for fair skinned individuals because tanning lamp beds emit UVA rays three times stronger than the sun. These rays, which penetrate skin at a deeper level than the UVB rays, …

“Research very strongly relates indoor tanning to skin cancer, especially for fair skinned individuals because tanning lamp beds emit UVA rays three times stronger than the sun. These rays, which penetrate skin at a deeper level than the UVB rays, …

About half of tanning businesses say their business performance in the first eight months of 2008 met or exceeded expectations, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in early October. According to the poll, 47 percent of salons say their business …