In the News
California panel passes bill to ban people under 18 from using tanning beds
Monday, May 9, 2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s beleaguered indoor tanning industry, after being hit with a new federal tax, is fighting to hold on to a sizable piece of its clientele: teenagers.
… continue readingVitamin D fights prostate cancer – new study
Monday, May 9, 2011
A new study led by Dr. Edward Giovannucci of Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues suggests that vitamin D plays an important role in the lethality of prostate cancer.
The study reported in the May 2, 2011 issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology showed men with the expression of vitamin D receptors (VDR) at high levels tended to have less lethal prostate cancer.
… continue readingCould a suntan actually protect you from skin cancer?
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Cheering though it has been, the glorious weather of the past few weeks will have left many in a quandry. Our instinct is to get out into the sunshine, but even the least health-conscious of us will be mindful of the risks, specifically skin cancer.… continue reading
Sunbed Saves Salon Owner in Tornado
Friday, April 29, 2011
A Georgia salon owner — who had only been open for business for three weeks — found safety by hiding with her two daughters inside a closed sunbed as a killer tornado ripped apart the rest of her salon, and much of her town.
Region ponders smoking and tanning ban – Niagara
Friday, April 29, 2011
Public works calls for a Niagara-wide ban on outdoor smoking near parks, playgrounds
Niagara smokers who’ve already become accustomed to bans on smoking in bars and restaurants, workplaces and other indoor public places put could soon be facing fines if they light up near playgrounds, in parks or near recreation facilities.… continue reading
