Another research project is attempting to confuse humanity’s natural and intended attraction to UV in sunlight and sunlamps with unnatural chemical addictions. The New York Times on Friday ran a story headlined, “How Tanning Changes the Brain” covering the latest …

Press reports Thursday erroneously alleged that actor George Hamilton was treated in July for skin cancer, misrepresenting the fact that Hamilton instead had non-cancerous benign lesions removed by a dermatologist.

“It was not cancer,” Hamilton’s publicist, Jeffrey Lane, was quoted …

A study links low vitamin D in young girls with early menstruation, which is a risk factor for a host of health problems for teen girls as well as women later in life, according to a report released today by …

A study led by New Zealand epidemiologists suggests that dermatology-led efforts to scare young people about skin cancer may actually be causing a decline in skin cancer awareness in older people who are most likely to get the disease.

“Anecdotally, …

Vitamin D Council founder Dr. John Cannell — who will be part of the scientific symposium at the pre-conference at Smart Tan Downtown Oct. 14-16 in Nashville — will be interviewed live on the radio today about his new book, …

Indoor tanning may officially be a cosmetic business in the United States. But more and more UV tanning clients are coming to tanning businesses for therapeutic reasons, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in August.

According to the poll, 90 …

British dermatology leader Dr. Sam Shuster says that a suntan is not damage — it is nature’s intended design and that anyone who thinks otherwise should “tell that to Darwin.” Shuster’s comments on suntans are published as a portion of …

The Alliance for Natural Health — a Washington DC-based national consumer group fighting for all-things natural — has collected nearly 50,000 signatures on a petition urging Congress to appoint a new scientific panel to review vitamin D after last November’s …