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US Tan Tax to be Repealed
Friday, February 24, 2017
Repeals the tax on tanning bed businesses and other minor Obamacare taxes: Almost all of the tax provisions from the ACA, including a 10% tax on tanning-bed locations, would be repealed. continue reading
More hospitals or more vitamins?
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Apparently, Ontario would rather spend $8,700 to hospitalize a citizen than $40 to test him for vitamin D insufficiency. continue reading
5 ways to make sure you are not vitamin D deficient
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Use a sunbed – Artificially produced UVB can be a surrogate for sunlight in winter. continue reading
Debunking Lease Renewal Myths For Tanning Tenants
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Considering that the average tanning tenant only negotiates a couple of leases in their lifetime (and sometimes with the same landlord), it’s easy to understand how leasing myths can persist. continue reading
Vitamin D ‘proved to cut risk of colds and flu’
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Many studies have tried to discover whether the increase in colds and flu in the winter is partly down to a lack of sunlight producing vitamin D in the body, but they have had mixed results. The team from Queen Mary argue that their work settles the question because they have reanalysed and pooled the raw data from 25 clinical trials involving about 11,000 patients from 14 countries. The studies that found no benefit had usually given people a large one-off dose of vitamin D rather than regular supplements. continue reading
