Archive for the ‘Tanning Trends Extra’ Category

By: Joe Levy

The cosmetic dermatology industry lobbying groups are making the rounds again attempting to convince the public that humans can become addicted to indoor tanning – that sun exposure is somehow comparable to heroin.

Dry that out and …

The city of Victoria banned teen tanning as you may have heard last month. Here is what we heard from the mayors and councilors that sit on the CRD Board: The represented 12 cities and towns that make up the …

There’s zero doubt we live in an electronic world – I wrote this article on a computer, I e-mailed it to my art director, who uploaded it to the Internet-based publishing program we use. From there, the magazine went on …

By Dr. Marc Sorenson, EdD

The Institute of Medicine (IOM), a health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, has just released its long-awaited vitamin D supplementation recommendations. To the disappointment of the world’s leading vitamin D scientists, those recommendations …

My mom used to always remind us “waste not – want not” if we didn’t finish our breakfast. She was a Depression era child and knew what hunger felt like. She knew we had to learn not to waste resources …

Proposed Laws

Ontario – Two bills for teen ban

New Brunswick guidelines to be converted to regulations in a year – under 18 ban and warning sign

Manitoba – parental consent (under 18) and warning sign

CRD Victoria – under …

There’s nothing like kicking off the new year with a bang. And a boom… And a blast… And I mean all these things literally. My salon just went through a major renovation. I’ve added equipment and we are at the …

By Joseph Levy

The controversial panel from the government-commissioned Institute of Medicine that Nov. 30 oddly declared that North America does not have a vitamin D deficiency problem actually did those who believe in sunbeds a backwards favor.

How riddled …