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A Big Hole in the UV-Skin Cancer Case

Friday, May 14th, 2010

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A skin care web site this week pointed out one huge hole in the widely contested suggestion that UV exposure is the cause of melanoma skin cancer: indoor workers get melanoma more often than their outdoor-working counterparts. And a peer-reviewed …

Vitamin D Good for the Elderly

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

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Two studies released this week show that higher vitamin D levels benefit elderly people — with one study showing that those with higher vitamin D levels are less likely to suffer from depression and another study saying that elderly need …

Tanning Market Producing Mixed Results

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

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Just more than half of tanning retailers say their business was the same or better this April than it was in April 2009, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted the first 10 days of May — another indication that the …

Changing attitudes toward UV

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

2010-05-11 Quote of the week copy“The problem with melanoma, as with many other branches of contemporary clinical research, is that it is based on circumstantial evidence obtained from epidemiological studies rather than an understanding of the pathology. Melanoma is an illustration of the muddle introduced

Journalists Figure Out Anti-Tan Lie

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

2010-05-10 Skeptic copyAnti-tanning pundits are conspicuously exaggerating risks associated with indoor tanning beds by failing to properly identify the absolute weakness of the data they cite, a group representing 1,100 U.S. health care journalists published in a column to its members May …

Putting the Sun in Perspective?

Friday, May 7th, 2010

perspectiveA landmark public health report outlining ways to reduce environmental cancer risks is slamming chemicals used in daily applications as an unrecognized problem and has put what is arguably a balanced and downplayed message on UV exposure ­ angering some …

Behind Another ‘Fishy’ Explanation

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

2010-05-06 Fishy copyAnother melanoma study using genetically engineered fish is causing waves in the scientific community this week — suggesting that UVA should no longer be implicated as a factor in melanoma.

“Our data refute the only direct evidence that UVA causes …

How About That Weather?

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

2010-05-05 weather copyAlmost 9 in 10 tanning facility owners say the weather has been a factor in their business so far this spring, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in late April — a finding that underscores the sometimes not-so-marginal impact weather …

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