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SmartTan.com Industry Advisory Friends: Public outrage over the proposed 10 percent federal tax on indoor tanning is starting to boiling over – which is exactly what we need to get this tax taken out of the final version of the Health Care Reform bill negotiated between the House and Senate in the coming weeks.… continue reading

by Nick Anthis http://scienceblogs.com/scientificactivist/2010/01/multivitamins_dont_work.php This isn’t really anything new, but Emily Anthes has a nice summary in Slate today of what we currently know about the effectiveness of nutritional supplements–namely that they don’t consistently show any clear benefits except in a few very specific situations: Vitamins–with their promise to bridge the gap between the nutrients our bodies need and those they get–have always seemed reassuringly simple: Just pop a multivitamin and let your body soak in those extra nutrients.… continue reading

http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Non-food/Lifestyle/teens_lacking_sleep_depression_0101100903.html By Jimmy Downs A new study in the Jan 1, 2010 issue of the journal Sleep found teens who slept 5 or fewer hours a day regularly were 71 percent more likely to suffer depression and 48 percent more likely to think of suicide compared to those who had sufficient sleep.… continue reading

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/education/22124448/detail.html It impacts up to 6 million people in the U.S. — mainly women — who can’t get through the day without pain shooting through their bodies. There are very few effective treatments for fibromyalgia, so one doctor decided to try a controversial method to treat his patients.… continue reading

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/04/vitamin-d.html Placebo-controlled studies show people over 50 who take vitamin D supplements have a lower overall risk of premature death, a University of Toronto professor says. (Mark Gollom/CBC)Some consumers and doctors are becoming convinced vitamin D can help reduce the risk of a long list of diseases, despite a lack of gold-standard research proving it.… continue reading