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Smart Tan Webinar Series Underway

Friday, November 5th, 2010

Smart Tan this week hosted the first in a six-part webinar series featuring material from classes from Smart Tan Downtown in Nashville Oct. 22-24 that were popular but which were concurrent to other courses.

2010-11-05 Webinar1 copy“This is the first time we’ve …

Wristband Teaches Kids about UV Light

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

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A recent graduate of Edinburgh Napier in the United Kingdom, Andrew O’Dowd, has designed a wristband that responds to UV light according to an article on BBC.co.uk. The wristband keeps track of how much UV exposure a person is getting, …

Help Vitamin D Win $250k Pepsi Grant

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

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You can help Grassroots Health — the vitamin D advocacy group that galvanized the vitamin D research community to support natural vitamin D levels of 40-60 ng/ml as the new target range — win a $250,000 challenge grant from the …

Get Sun to Fight S.A.D: Report

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

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A health advocate in Alabama penned an article this week encouraging people to get more sunshine to treat “winter blues” – a condition formally known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Sherry Mullenix, a nurse who co-owns a pharmacy in Alabama, …

Was ‘Tan Tax’ Why Dems Lost The House?

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

The Republican Party regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives in a landslide mid-term election victory Tuesday — a victory that arguably traces its origins to voter discontent with old-school politics that spawned the 10 percent tax on tanning …

November: Vitamin D Awareness Month

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

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More than 90 percent of Canadians are at risk for negative health outcomes because they will become vitamin D deficient this winter. That’s why Canada’s Vitamin D Society is recognizing November as its 4th Annual Vitamin D Awareness Month.

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1 in 5 Salons Will Increase ‘11 Hiring

Monday, November 1st, 2010

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Just 21 percent of indoor tanning business owners say they plan to increase their staffing levels in 2011 from the 2010 tanning season, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late October.

According to the poll, two out of five …

Tans Are Not Damage, Derm Says

Friday, October 29th, 2010

“A suntan is an evolutionary device, it protects against burning. A suntan is just a sign of increased pigment, melanin, in the skin and is a natural biological response to the sun, not a sign of skin damage.” — Dr. …

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