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Melanoma: Working In An Office Can Give You Skin Cancer?

Monday, March 16, 2015
What at turnaround for Skin Cancer Foundation - recommendation "Avoid excess tanning" They're now saying what we've been saying "Please Tan Responsibly" continue reading

GrassrootsHealth Debunks RDA

Friday, March 13, 2015
GrassrootsHealth scientists and staff have authored and published a paper, citing the D*action data, calling for the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to increase its current vitamin D recommended dietary allowance (RDA) from 600 IU/day to 7000 IU/day from all sources. continue reading

Canadian Cancer Society hopes tanning bed legislation coming to Alberta soon

Thursday, March 12, 2015
JCTA NOTE: CCS Misquotes research. JCTA response sent to CBC 03/12/15 - see response below continue reading

More Salons Are Calling UV Units Sunbeds

Tuesday, March 10, 2015
More than 1 in 3 indoor tanning facilities now refer to their UV tanning units as sunbeds — a term that accurately portrays the fact that sunbeds are, above all else, a surrogate for natural sunshine. Less than 1 in 4 salons used the term sunbeds when Smart Tan asked the same question in 2012. continue reading

11 Million Canadians complain of having the winter blues

Thursday, March 5, 2015
As many as 35 per cent of Canadians complain of having the "winter blues," according to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Another 10 to 15 per cent have a mild form of seasonal depression, while about two to five per cent of Canadians will have a severe, clinical form of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). continue reading

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