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Headline Story from SmartTan.com Canadian tanning facility owner Tracey McKone, of Endless Summer in Mitchell, Ontario, is this year’s recipient of the Smart Tan Award, presented in the opening general session at Smart Tan Downtown Oct. 10. The award – presented at every Smart Tan Convention since 1996 to tanning facility owners whose special accomplishments advanced the stature of the tanning community in the past year – “is about content and character more than bricks and mortar,” Smart Tan’s Joseph Levy explained in presenting the award.… continue reading

By Joene Hendry NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People with a history of skin cancer may want to cut back on the amount of fat they eat to reduce their risk of a second skin cancer, based on study findings from Australia.… continue reading

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168587.php It’s no wonder that many people feel extra soreness and aches in their backs during winter months — they’re often not getting enough vitamin D. The body makes vitamin D from the sun’s ultraviolet rays, so it’s known as the sunshine vitamin.… continue reading

http://dailywd.womansday.com/blog/2009/10/daily-dose-dlightful-flu-fighter.html I’ve never been a big fan of supplements (I prefer to get my nutrients from food, thank you very much), but lately I’ve been hearing so much about the wonders of vitamin D that I’m seriously thinking about popping some daily.… continue reading

By Patrick Cox  http://wallstreetpit.com/11429-the-uber-nutrient-worth-hundreds-of-billions This ranks as one of the most important public health breakthroughs in decades. A trickle of solid peer-reviewed evidence that most people are severely vitamin D deficient has turned into a flood. If the new consensus is correct, and I believe it is, increasing your vitamin D level could, for most people, add years of healthy life.… continue reading