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By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter Many teens today, especially black teens, aren’t getting enough of vitamin D, the so-called sunshine vitamin that is essential for cells to function, say researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. People Who Read This Also Read 10 Ways to Get Better Sleep (and Maybe Cure Your Insomnia) 22609912 Calcium Helps Ward Off Colon Cancer 22210618 B Vitamins Might Lower Stroke Risk 22116428 Too Little Vitamin D May Mean More Colds and Flu 22210616 Older Americans May Lack Adequate Nutrition 22640020 Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to many chronic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, immune system problems and inflammatory diseases.… continue reading

More than 550 salon owners and employees attended the annual CanTan Sun Systems Tanning Expo in Canada this past January. Vendors—such as Devoted Creations, Supre, Fiesta Sun, MR International, Fiji Blend, Synergy Tan, Satori Sol, Ed Hardy Tanning, Cosmedico, Global Sun Light and Eye Pro—were in attendance to speak to the crowds and show off new products on the show floor.… continue reading

When you hear about wheelchair-bound patients with kidney disease and associated bone disease getting up and walking again, you pay attention. Discovering that psoriasis can be improved and that malignant cancer cells can be destroyed, you want to know more. What made the difference?… continue reading

Interventions in the workplace may be effective for reducing sun exposure and improving sun protective behaviors of outdoor workers, U.S. researchers suggest. Dawn M. Hall and colleagues at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta studied data collected from the Pool Cool skin cancer prevention program to analyze the associations among the pool environment, social norms and outdoor lifeguards’ and aquatic instructors’ sun protection habits and sunburns in 2001 and 2002.… continue reading

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay News) — Past studies have suggested that caffeine might offer some protection from skin cancer, and new research may explain why. “We have found what we believe to be the mechanism by which caffeine is associated with decreased skin cancer,” said lead researcher Dr.… continue reading