In the News
Tanning with Oxygen: Safe?
Friday, September 10, 2010
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Professional tanning salon owners face many challenges in their businesses – not the least of which is establishing a safe environment for their customers. A recent TanToday.com discussion examined a situation many salon owners have faced in the past – a tanner who wears an oxygen line (and totes the tank) wants to use your salon’s tanning equipment. |
Skin cancer more likely when HPV present
Friday, September 10, 2010
People with several types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) were up to more than 1.5 times more likely as their HPV-free counterparts to develop squamous cell carcinoma—particularly if they were taking immunosuppressive drugs.
… continue readingIs your tan worth a melanoma?
Friday, September 10, 2010
Here on the coast of British Columbia the arrival of September signals the end of ample summer sunlight and with it, outdoor tanning. It might be time to head indoors to tan, right? Yes and no.… continue reading
Children who shun the sun go to casualty with seizures
Friday, September 10, 2010
Children deprived of vitamin D — the so-called sunshine vitamin — are being admitted to London hospitals with life-threatening health problems.
Casualty departments are dealing with dozens of emergency cases where infants are having seizures as a direct result of not getting enough vitamin D, which the body makes when exposed to sunlight, a key source.
… continue readingSwine flu milder than seasonal flu, vitamin D helps prevent both
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
A new study in the September 8 issue of Journal of American Medical Association suggests that the 2009 pandemic swine flu virus H1N1 had lower risk of most serious complications compared to recent seasonal flu strains. Another study suggests vitamin D can be better than influenza vaccine at preventing flu.… continue reading
