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Indoor tanning use high among young Albertans: survey
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
CALGARY – Alberta Health Services (AHS) has launched a public information campaign about artificial tanning, following new statistics that show a quarter of all young Albertans have used a tanning bed at least once in the past 12 months. continue reading
Tanning bed popularity prompts Alberta cancer campaign
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Alberta launched a new skin cancer awareness campaign in response to a survey that shows tanning beds are popular among the province’s youth.
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The American Suntanning Association Argues Tanning Beds to be Safe
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
A state senator from California, Democrat Ted Lieu has urged to the Federal Trade Commission to probe the association for misguiding customers about the skin cancer risks of tanning beds. continue reading
Search for skin-cancer clues leads to jungle
Monday, March 4, 2013
White people are prone to developing melanoma, as their pale skin is vulnerable to the sun's ultraviolet rays. Yet Asians, plenty of whom also have light skin, are relatively immune to the disease.
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Are Adult Vitamin D Recommendations Too Low?
Monday, March 4, 2013
The Vitamin D Society wants to make the public aware that current vitamin D intake
recommendations for adults are low in comparison to levels prescribed for infants. After a
recent review of the IOM vitamin D recommendations the Vitamin D Society discovered that
the vitamin D dose per pound was substantially lower for adults.
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