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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
Psoriasis patients may benefit from tanning beds
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Patients suffering from psoriasis or other types of skin diseases could benefit from ultraviolet light emitted from commercial tanning beds, a low-cost and effective option to medical phototherapy, according to an expert on the treatment of psoriasis. continue reading
Health benefits of sun exposure: vitamin D and beyond
Thursday, February 2, 2017
The important things regarding solar UV exposure are that it should be regular so that the body gradually adapts to increasing and decreasing UV doses, that sunburning should be avoided, and that it should be in the middle of the day when the UVB to UVA ratio is highest.[46] continue reading
