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The rising rates of melanoma documented over the last three decades are not due to sun exposure as often stated; researchers instead believe they are due to an increase in diagnoses of non-cancerous lesions classified, misleadingly, as “stage 1 melanoma”… continue reading

A new research paper came out this week which shows that sun and sunbeds provide Vitamin D and this is far more important for overall health than a slight increased risk of skin cancer. Here is what it said: Moan 2011 – Vitamin D, sun, sunbeds and health Published in Public Health Nutrition – Conclusions: “The overall health benefit of an improved vitamin D status may be more important than the possibly increased CMM risk resulting from carefully increasing UV exposure.”… continue reading

A new research study was published recently from the UK which proves that sunbeds have no risk of melanoma. Details from the study are as follows: Elliott 2011 – Relationship between sunbed use and melanoma risk in a large case-control study in the United Kingdom Published in the International Journal of Cancer – Aug.… continue reading

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A study promoted to the North American media Tuesday ahead of its actual publication on-line in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology should not be applied to professional tanning facilities, but more likely to severe sunburns from unsupervised usage of home tanning units — the third time in a decade that the dermatology community has failed to accurately report this important confounder in promoting a study.… continue reading