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Tanning beds help vitamin D deficiency
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
It is interesting to note that cancer researchers are conducting research on areas not directly associated with cancer.
Catherine E. Mosher of memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Sharon Danoff-Burg of the State University of New York conducted a study and found that individuals who have used indoor tanning facilities were more likely to have anxiety and behavioral problems like substance abuse.
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.
… continue readingLow 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.
… continue readingDoes Reading The Paper Cause Cancer?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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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.
