The Science Of Indoor Tanning
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- UV Exposure Is Good For What Ails You
In “The Truth About The Recent IARC Report,” we said that a deficient/insufficient blood level of vitamin D (25-OH-D) plays a critical role in the development of more than 60 diseases and medical conditions. But why is vitamin D so critical for our health and wellbeing? Because every cell and organ in the human body requires an optimal level of ...
- Anti-Tanning Media: Education Is Our Best Defense
Tanning is as dangerous as mustard gas. Tanning is as dangerous as arsenic. When reports regarding the change in how tanning equipment is classified by the International Association for Research on Cancer first hit the airwaves, it seemed that every media organization was focused on exploiting the news with scare-tactic headlines, in an attempt to garner as much attention as ...
- Vitamin D: What We Know, What We Don’t, What We Need To Know
When we first started writing about vitamin D 10 years ago, there were only a few scientific articles being published and virtually no mention of this important seco-steroid hormone was made by the mainstream media. Now, hundreds of scientific articles are published every month and you can’t pick up a newspaper or magazine without reading something about the many benefits ...
- Melanoma Myth is Based on F.E.A.R.
Make no mistake about it, cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) is not caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR). Rather, the normal, natural and involuntary reaction to UVR exposure results in a signal sent by keratinocytes to the melanocytes, telling them to produce melanin that will be oxidized by UVA wavelengths to create a protective cap (i.e., a tan) that will ...
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