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The shocking truth about sunscreen
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Almost three-fourths of the products we examined offer inferior sun protection or contain worrisome ingredients like oxybenzone, a hormone disruptor, or retinyl palmitate, a form of vitamin A that may harm skin. And despite scant evidence, the government still allows most sunscreens to claim they help prevent skin cancer.”
It’s Time to Rethink Sun Avoidance
Friday, June 10, 2016
It’s important for Canadians to consider how they spend their time in the sun. Over exposure that allows the skin to burn can increase the risk of skin cancer, however eliminating sunshine, or covering your skin excessively, limits your body’s ability to naturally use the sun to your health advantage.
TANNING BEDS AND SUNLIGHT AS TREATMENTS FOR SKIN DISEASE
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
“Unsupervised sun exposure is a standard recommendation for some patients to obtain phototherapy. Selected use of commercial tanning beds in the treatment of dermatologic conditions may be another useful and effective treatment for those patients with an inability to access office-based or home-based phototherapy.”
Explore Smart Tan Nashville: The Athens of the South
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
You probably know the home of the Smart Tan Nashville trade show and educational conference as The Music City, but as of the mid-1800s Nashville was referred to as The Athens of the South for its reputation as one of the most educated and cultured cities in the U.S.
Sunny ‘D’ Works Better: Holick
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
“When you ingest vitamin D, only about 60 percent of it sticks to vitamin D-binding protein, but when you make vitamin D in your skin, 100 percent binds to the protein.” — Dr. Michael F. Holick,
