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While male clients make up the minority of our industry’s customer base, recent trends suggest that men are caring more about their looks and getting that golden tan is one way they’re improving their appearance.

An article in the York …

“Ban me from an indoor tanning salon and I will simply go to my friend’s house and turn her tanning bed on 3 times at 30 minutes each time. This is what I used to do all the time before …

A British news organization reported this weekend that over-use of sunscreen and sun avoidance is contributing to a resurgence of the bone-disfiguring disease rickets in the United Kingdom.

“Over-anxious parents who slap sunscreen on their children may have contributed to …

The Consumer Confidence Index was released this week and is showing some positive signs about how consumers feel the economy is performing. NPR is reporting that the monthly index has reached 70.4, which is up almost six points from its …

Children with low vitamin D levels are nearly two-and-a-half times as likely to suffer from peanut allergies and a host of other allergies, according to a new study published this week.

A study of more than 3,000 children shows that …

“Most scientists who are actively working with vitamin D now believe that 40 to 60 ng/ml is the appropriate target concentration of 25-vitamin D in the blood for preventing the major vitamin D-deficiency related diseases, and have joined in a …

The American Cancer Society’s key document measuring cancer rates in the United States — “Cancer Facts and Figures” — says that melanoma rates have not increased since 2000 and that rates are declining for women under age 50 — directly …

Authors of a peer-reviewed study generated from the world’s largest database of vitamin D blood tests say that 9,600 IU of vitamin D — an amount only naturally consistent with vitamin D production from regular sun exposure — is needed …