{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Smart Tan News","provider_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com","title":"Canadian Article: Skin Cancers Overdiagnosed - Smart Tan News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QTUW1KK7Bd\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/canadian-article-skin-cancers-overdiagnosed\/\">Canadian Article: Skin Cancers Overdiagnosed<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/canadian-article-skin-cancers-overdiagnosed\/embed\/#?secret=QTUW1KK7Bd\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Canadian Article: Skin Cancers Overdiagnosed&#8221; &#8212; Smart Tan News\" data-secret=\"QTUW1KK7Bd\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"A recent Canadian newspaper article presents the case that melanoma incidence is not actually increasing, as critics of indoor tanning have claimed, but rather that diagnosis of the disease has become more aggressive and is skewing the numbers.  \"There is less an epidemic of melanoma than an epidemic of diagnosis,\u201d Dr. Gilbert Welch, a professor of Medicine at Dartmouth Institute for Health is quoted as writing in his book\u00a0Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health. \u201cMany diagnosed melanomas don't need treatment in the first place.\"  In addition to more evidence from Dr. Welch\u2019s book,\u00a0the article cites several studies that have reached the same conclusion. One study, Melanoma Epidemic: True or False,\u00a0published in the International Journal of Dermatology \u201cconcluded that melanoma incidence have increased dramatically over the past few decades as a result of increased diagnosis of early melanomas.\u201d  A review of medical literature published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings came to a similar conclusion -- that \u201cwhile there has been a significant increase in the diagnosis of thin melanomas, there has been no change in advanced tumors or subsequent mortality.\u201d  Click here to read the article from The Star Phoenix.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims to promote sunbed usage. Indoor tanning businesses are obligated to communicate a fair and balanced message to all clients about your products and services including the potential risks associated with indoor tanning. Contact your Smart Tan representative to find out more about what you can and can\u2019t say in your tanning salon business.  \u00a9 2013 International Smart Tan Network. All rights reserved.  \u00a0","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Smart-Tan-Logo.jpg","thumbnail_width":520,"thumbnail_height":200}