The Canadian Cancer Society Tuesday supported higher vitamin D supplementation for Canadians in the winter, but in doing so conspicuously misrepresented the fact that sunlight exposure to the skin is the body’s principle means of making vitamin D.…

Tanning salon owners believe U.S. Senator John McCain would be the presidential candidate most receptive to a balanced message about UV light and vitamin D, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in October. According to the poll, 59 percent think …

Tanning salon owners believe U.S. Senator John McCain would be the presidential candidate most receptive to a balanced message about UV light and vitamin D, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in October. According to the poll, 59 percent think …

New Zealand’s tanning association — The Indoor Tanning Association of New Zealand (INTANZ) — issued a press statement this week saying it is “extremely keen” to work with New Zealand’s Cancer Society to improve public health outcomes for skin cancer.…

New Zealand’s tanning association — The Indoor Tanning Association of New Zealand (INTANZ) — issued a press statement this week saying it is “extremely keen” to work with New Zealand’s Cancer Society to improve public health outcomes for skin cancer.…

Smart Tan coined the term “sun scare” in 1996 to define the practice of overstating the easily manageable risks of UV exposure in an attempt to market products or change behavior. An important caveat to this discussion is the fact …

Smart Tan coined the term “sun scare” in 1996 to define the practice of overstating the easily manageable risks of UV exposure in an attempt to market products or change behavior. An important caveat to this discussion is the fact …

Sun Scare pundits should concentrate on the cosmetic effects of tanning rather than the health effects in their over-the-top efforts to scare people out of the sun, a study in the journal Cancer reported this week.…