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Tanning addiction linked to drug abuse, anxiety

Tuesday, April 20, 2010
People who are hooked on indoor tanning may also be prone to substance abuse problems and to anxiety, a new study in the Archives of Dermatology finds.
The research doesn’t conclude that those who love indoor tanning will become drug addicts, but it suggests that tanning addicts may have underlying mood disturbances that really should be treated by mental health professionals.
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Tan ban not needed, say salons

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Low vitamin D found in kids with asthma

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

DENVER, April 19 (UPI) — Low levels of vitamin D have been linked to increased asthma symptoms and greater use of medication among children, U.S. researchers say.

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Does Reading The Paper Cause Cancer?

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

SmartTan.com

 
The Houston Chronicle produced a bylined article this week slamming indoor tanning with material that was obviously supplied to it by an anti-tanning group. Although Chronicle reporter Dale Robertson put his name on the piece, we think he got all his material from the MD Anderson Cancer Center or the American Cancer Society, both of whom he provided as sources in the story with links to their web sites.
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Salons See Increase in ‘Therapy Tanners’

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

SmartTan.com

 
Three quarters of tanning businesses have seen an increase in the past five years in the number of clients who use indoor tanning as a therapeutic exercise, according to the results of a SmartTan.com survey conducted in April.
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