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JCTA UPDATE 02.05.10
Friday, February 5, 2010
JCTA UPDATE 02.05.10
1.Bad news week for the tanning industry
- CDA press release and PSA Campaign
- Make sure if you advertise anywhere you call your ad rep to have the PSA pulled. This has been working right across the country.
- JCTA press release went out Feb 2nd to counter the CDA – a number of interviews were done.
Study Exposes New Melanoma Myth
Thursday, February 4, 2010
SmartTan.com
Another study from within the American dermatology industry is suggesting that melanoma incidence is not really increasing but only appears to be doing so because doctors are more aggressively diagnosing lesions as melanoma.
Tory MP targets tanning beds
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Toronto Sun
OTTAWA — A Conservative MP is calling for large warning labels on tanning beds and says people under 18 should not be allowed to engage in artificial sun worship.
To get adequate vitamin D you need to skip the sunscreen
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Healthy Living ExaminerNorma Erickson
Sunlight: the only reliable natural source of vitamin d (Photo/V DeShazer)
You are 26% more likely to die from heart disease if you have a vitamin D deficiency, according to research conducted at Johns Hopkins. An estimated 65-95% of Americans do not have adequate levels of vitamin D in their blood.… continue reading
Sunlight: the only reliable natural source of vitamin d (Photo/V DeShazer)
Staying out in the sun boosts men’s sex drive
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Your skin may glow red like a lobster but a spot of sunbathing can be good for a man’s sex drive, a study shows.
The levels of testosterone – a sex hormone – in men’s blood rise accordingly with doses of vitamin D.
