News Archive for September, 2010

News organizations worldwide are starting to ask questions about why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration apparently didn’t realize its own researchers had for 10 years known that vitamin A derivatives used in sunscreen might themselves actually increase skin cancer …

Sources in a USA Today story on indoor tanning last week made the allegation that suntanning and indoor tanning can be addictive — repeating an implied allegation being tossed around by those tied to groups who profit from promoting a …

Vitamin D is 800 percent more effective than vaccines at preventing flu symptoms, one of the internet’s leading natural health web sites is reporting based on a random-controlled trial conducted this spring on the sunshine vitamin and flu.

“In the …

Successful indoor tanning entrepreneur Tony Hartl — who built and then sold one of the tanning market’s most successful chains — has been added as a featured speaker at Smart Tan Downtown Oct. 22-24 in Downtown Nashville.

Hartl, who founded …

“They probably weren’t there yesterday when I was out cutting my grass, or when I was out riding my mountain bike.” — U.S. Rep. John Boehner, House Republican leader, responding on ABC News’ “Good Morning America” this week to questions …

More than 5 out of 6 tanning facility owners say the incorporation of a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning as part of Health Care Legislation this year has affected how they will cast their votes for congressional leaders in …

Women who get the most sun exposure are 30 percent less likely to contract Type II diabetes, according to a study to be published in the medical journal Diabetes Research in October.

“Our findings indicated that women with active sun …

Bill Rancic – the grassroots entrepreneur who won Tycoon Donald Trump’s first ‘The Apprentice’ show on NBC – is the keynote speaker at Smart Tan Downtown Oct. 22-24 in Downtown Nashville, an event with a conference designed to address tanning’s …