“Vitamin D is essential for strong bones and a healthy immune system. While a limited amount of vitamin D can be obtained from exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the health risks of UV exposure — including skin cancer …

Three-out-of-four indoor tanning salon owners say that spray tanning services are becoming a bigger part of their overall business, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late August and early September.

According to the poll, 75 percent say spray is …

Yet another report has linked natural vitamin D blood levels — those achieved by average outdoor workers and indoor tanning clients — with a 50 percent reduction in breast cancer risk. The new study — a review of 11 case-control …

Two American Academy of Dermatology press statements this spring about melanoma incidence appear to directly contradict American Cancer Society statements about the disease and appear to be conflicted by the National Cancer Institute’s own data reports.

Under scrutiny are AAD …

British dermatology leader Dr. Sam Shuster says that a suntan is not damage — it is nature’s intended design and that anyone who thinks otherwise should “tell that to Darwin.” Shuster’s comments on suntans are published as a portion of …

Lawmakers in California this week added an amendment specifically exempting phototherapy in dermatology offices from proposed legislation that would ban those under 18 from using professional tanning salons — an amendment that makes no scientific sense at all.

“Phototherapy has …

A Manchester University dermatology professor told the British press this week that melanin produced in the skin by a new experimental drug without UV exposure could be “an alternative to commercial sunscreens” — a statement that seems to implicitly acknowledge …

More than half of tanning business owners say their 2011 tanning season was stronger than the previous year, according to the results of a SmartTan.com poll conducted in August.

According to the poll, 55 percent of tanning businesses reported stronger …