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Lack of sunlight can lead to health issues
Thursday, December 22, 2011
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, with more than a million new cases diagnosed each year. But efforts to prevent it might be creating a health crisis of another sort.
… continue readingAvoiding the Sun to Avoid Skin Cancer? Recent Studies Challenge That Advice.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
(preferably with waves), my girlfriend, other friends, a lounge chair, a cooler full of sandwiches and beer. Honestly…I could repeat that day 10,000 times on various beaches of the world an never get bored. The thing is, I’m a fair skinned German-Irish-Scandinavian mixed breed.
Want to live a few more years? Take vitamin D supplements!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
By David Liu, PHD
Monday Dec 19, 2011(foodconsumer.org) — A new study in the Jan 2012 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that getting lots of sunshine or taking vitamin D supplements may reduce risk of premature death.
… continue readingTanning bed use declines with more sunless tanning products
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Young women who get their tan out of a bottle may spend less time sunbathing or using tanning beds, two riskier behaviors, according to a new study.
Sunless Users Still Seek Sun: Study
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Nearly two-thirds of sunless tanning product users continue to tan in the sun or use indoor tanning services just as often after beginning usage of sunless tanning products, according to an Emory University study published this week in the Archives of Dermatology.
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