April 27, 2011: A Georgia salon owner — who had only been open for business for three weeks — found safety by hiding with her two daughters inside a closed sunbed as a killer tornado ripped apart the rest …

“When you ingest vitamin D, only about 60 percent of it sticks to vitamin D-binding protein, but when you make vitamin D in your skin, 100 percent binds to the protein.” — Dr. Michael F. Holick, vitamin D research pioneer …

“Most people can get their daily fill of vitamin D by drinking a cup of milk and eating a 3-ounce serving of salmon.” — Dr. Susan Y Chon, dermatologist at the MD Anderson Cancer Canter at the University of Texas, …

An International Smart Tan Network survey of 6,881 indoor tanning clients revealed that 11 percent of tanning clients say a doctor referred them to a tanning salon for therapeutic reasons and that 28 percent of those referring physicians were dermatologists. …

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi made a salon appearance at IBeach Tan in Lewisville, Texas, Dec. 16 to celebrate her new tanning collection with Supre Tan. The first 100 customers who purchased Snooki by Nicole Polizzi indoor tanning lotion were able to …

Nearly two-thirds of sunless tanning product users continue to tan in the sun or use indoor tanning services just as often after beginning usage of sunless tanning products, according to an Emory University study published this week in the Archives …

Professional indoor tanning facilities do a better job teaching the correct usage of chemical sunscreen than “sun scare” groups who manufacture and mass-market the product, according to the International Smart Tan Network. Our position is based on the following:

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More than seven out of 10 tanning facility owners say they feel better about the future of tanning at the end of 2011 than they did a year ago, according to the results of a SmartTan.com poll conducted this month.…