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September 25 2012  By Dr. Mercola If you believe all the negative hype on tanning beds that’s going around lately, you’ll run the other way instead of enjoying this easy and pleasurable way to get some vitamin D. But Dr. William Grant of the Vitamin D Council has taken a closer look at the claims that sunbeds can cause melanoma – and an untimely death – and found that the observational studies showing tanning booths are harmful didn’t consider many of the confounding factors for melanoma risk, such as: •Skin type •Solar UV exposure •Type of UV lamp Additionally, he points out that observational studies are not generally accepted by the health or medical community as proof of cause.… continue reading

Sunday, September 23, 2012By: Dr. Marc Sorenson, Sunlight Institute. Should children over the age of six months use sunscreen year-round, even in sunless, cloudy weather? Of course not—but that idea may make $millions for the sunscreen manufacturers. How convenient for the Skin Cancer Foundation to state, “for adequate protection against melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancers and photo-aging, everyone over the age of six months should use sunscreen daily year-round, in any weather.”[1]… continue reading

Tan ban will save our kids Generally speaking, parenting requires little or no government intervention. Why we need to ban tanning for minors Peel Region wants to ban children under 18 from using tanning beds in response to growing concerns that young people who regularly use such equipment are at higher risk of developing skin cancer.… continue reading

By Sarah Neumann Special to AFN | Posted: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:21 am We hear it all the time from our friends, colleagues and even parents, “Are you taking your vitamins? A vitamin would really help that.” We get it, vitamins have a good reputation and each one has a laundry list of symptoms and illnesses it can help treat.… continue reading

By Teresa Latchford September 20, 2012 The proposed law that would ban youths from using tanning beds continues to gain momentum. With the Liberal government announcing it will back the private member’s bill tabled last April by New Democrat MPP France Gelinas, the law will have enough support to go through.… continue reading