A Denver television news station ran a story Wednesday about a woman with severe vitamin D deficiency — shedding light on the ultimate cause: overzealous sun avoidance.

“When I couldn’t get out of bed in the morning to go to …

President Obama signed a new small business aid bill this week. The package consists of $42-billion split between tax breaks for small businesses and cash for community banks intended to increase lending. How that will help you is still unclear.…

Anti-sun groups have been parroting a message from the World Health Organization in honor of Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Their message is “use of sunbeds before the age of 35 is associated with a 75 percent increase in the risk …

Successful indoor tanning entrepreneur Tony Hartl — who built and then sold one of the tanning market’s most successful chains — has been added as a featured speaker at Smart Tan Downtown Oct. 22-24 in Downtown Nashville.

Hartl, who founded …

New research has established that low levels of “The Sunshine Vitamin” are now linked to a higher risk of depression in adults over the age of 65, according to an article published Tuesday on a leading internet health information site.…

“It has been questioned whether or not dermatologists contribute to the increased prevalence of vitamin D deficiency because of sun protection recommendations, Dr. Suh said. However, studies have shown that most Americans probably do not use sun protection properly or …

More vitamin D experts are starting to acknowledge the incredibly obvious: That worldwide vitamin D deficiency cannot be overcome with diet. Dr. Anthony Norman, a vitamin D expert from the University of California, told United Press International.

“It is clear …

The American Cancer Society’s key document measuring cancer rates in the United States — “Cancer Facts and Figures” — says that melanoma rates have not increased since 2000 and that rates are declining for women under age 50 — directly …