In the News
No bans on tans: Operators suggest industry-wide regulations
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Local authorities have no immediate plans to follow Greater Victoria’s indoor tanning ban.
The Capital Regional District passed a bylaw in January prohibiting salon use by teens under 18, following recommendations from medical health officers and anti-cancer groups.… continue readingSuper benefits of vitamin D
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sunlight exposure is the only reliable way to generate vitamin D in your own body. – File
Vitamin D is perhaps the single most underrated nutrient in the world. That’s probably because it’s free, made by your body from sunshine. Drug companies can’t sell sunlight, so its health benefits are not promoted.
… continue readingDon’t underestimate the importance of vitamin D
Monday, February 7, 2011
Recently, I started having joint pain. It began with mild achiness in November and increased in intensity throughout the month of December. By January, I’d developed pretty serious bouts of pain that left me at times even unable to move certain muscles.… continue reading
Life in the Sun Lowers Multiple Sclerosis Risk
Monday, February 7, 2011
People who have had lifelong exposure to high levels of sunlight are less likely than people with less exposure to develop multiple sclerosis, a new study suggests.
… continue readingTanning beds don’t kill everyone who uses them
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
According to all the alarmist, dogmatic and misleading statements I heard at the Capital Regional District’s tanning bed ban hearing from both Dr. Stanwick and his supporters including the Cancer Society and young people from Oak Bay High school, I am a freak who should be dead.
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