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Sunlight Institute needs your help

Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tanning Industry Leaders, Smart Tan is working with the Sunlight Institute to gather important data regarding indoor tanning salon customers who utilize our services for reasons other than cosmetic tanning. The objective of this study is to find out whether doctors recommend indoor tanning salons for the treatment of these conditions.… continue reading

Vitamin D deficiency and Asthma

Monday, February 8, 2010
A study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, (April 2009) suggested that low levels of Vitamin D may be linked to severity of asthma in children. (1) The study examined the blood levels of Vitamin D in children with asthma and found that lower levels of Vitamin D were associated with more severe asthma.… continue reading

Tanning bed bill aimed at teens not based on reliable science, industry says

Sunday, February 7, 2010
By Susanna Kelley (CP) TORONTO — Tanning salon operators say proposed federal legislation that would warn consumers of the cancer risks of tanning is political grandstanding and are instead calling on the provinces to help regulate operating standards in the industry.… continue reading

MP targets tanning beds

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Effort to toughen warnings personal

By: Mia Rabson
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OTTAWA — The worst weeks of Manitoba MP James Bezan’s life ended with good news last spring when he found out his wife’s skin cancer hadn’t spread to her lungs as doctors had feared.
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Hello sunshine

Friday, February 5, 2010
By NELLY FAVIS-VILLAFUERTE
Do you know that we all need sunlight to stay healthy? Sunlight is the cheapest and the best source for natural Vitamin D. As Dr. Mercola, an American doctor says, “Sunlight plays an important role in the synthesis of vitamin D.
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