An independent medical panel blasted the World Health Organization — the group that prompted worldwide headlines about UV and sunbeds in 2009 by calling sunbeds as dangerous as arsenic and mustard gas — for conflicts of interest among members of …
A Washington, D.C., dermatologist was unable to identify her 14-year-old son’s severe vitamin D deficiency even after he complained of constant pain, headaches, exhaustion, body aches and stomach pain — classic signs of severe vitamin D deficiency, NBC News-Washington reported …
The British dermatology industry—which has produced peer-reviewed papers in the past year showing that melanoma incidence is not really increasing, but is merely an increase in the diagnosis of thinner 100 percent curable lesions—is stepping up to the plate and …
The Chicago Tribune authored an editorial on Friday slamming indoor tanning but misstated facts in an attempt to dissuade readers from using indoor tanning equipment. “The use of tanning beds by people under age 30 is associated with melanoma, the …
Nebraska state Sen. Abbie Cornett has introduced a bill to eliminate a 7 percent state tax on indoor tanning services in the state. Along with Sen. Cornett, four other state senators have co-signed the bill. One of those co-signers, Sen. …
A story published this week by FoodConsumer.org has explained the mechanism by which vitamin D leads to the destruction of prostate cancer cells and why the sunshine vitamin is believed to reduce the risk of most other cancers.
“It wouldn’t make a difference to me.” — 14-year-old Jasmine Jody, of Tinley Park, Illinois, who told the Chicago Sun-Times and its affiliate papers Wednesday that if the state of Illinois changed rules to prohibit those under 18 from tanning …
Groups that plan to propose under-18 tanning restrictions to states, provinces and municipalities are ignoring conflicting data in a blind effort to denigrate any and all UV exposure, International Smart Tan Network believes.
An independent medical panel blasted the World Health Organization — the group that prompted worldwide headlines about UV and sunbeds in 2009 by calling sunbeds as dangerous as arsenic and mustard gas — for conflicts of interest among members of …
“J. Moreno …