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Brown in the USA: indoor tanning taxed
In October 2009 we discussed big changes to the global indoor tanning industry with the first nations implementing regulations and restrictions on who could use a tanning bed and for how long (see...
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The evolution of human skin pigmentation: The delicate balance
Skin colour is one of the most obvious and most variable traits humans possess. As visual creatures, people readily observe these differences in one another. Anthropologist, Dr. Nina Jablonski, and...
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Sunless tanning intervention designed to reduce UV damage
According to newly published research from Dr. Sherry Pagoto, and her colleagues from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, physicians should consider recommending sunless tanning products in...
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The Fitzpatrick Scale
The Fitzpatrick Scale (also known as skin type or phototype) is a system for classifying skin based on the amount of melanin naturally present in skin and its response to ultraviolet (UV) radiation...
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How does indoor tanning cause skin cancer?
Earlier today, new stats were published by Cancer Research UK highlighting that two young adult Britons are diagnosed with skin cancer every day; a rate which has tripled since the 1970s. There were...
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A great new viral video from the David Cornfield Melanoma Fund went live earlier this week. Check it out: Head to the DCMF website for more on their work. You can read more about melanoma on our...
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“Solariums make a mockery of our efforts to reduce skin cancer”: Cancer...
Cancer Council Australia has launched one of the strongest public attacks to date on the use and regulation of sunbeds in the country. This follows a report that some solarium devices emit UV radiation...
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Ultraviolet radiation and its effects on the skin
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation forms part of the electromagnetic spectrum between visible light and X-rays; it is invisible to the human eye. UV light can be separated into three bands, UVA (400-320nm),...
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Ultraviolet A more cancer-causing than once thought
While the evidence linking sunbeds to the development of skin cancer continues to mount, recent research provides new insight into the underlying mechanisms. Radiation from both the sun and tanning...
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Low sunscreen use, high melanoma rates: a breakdown of the sunsmart message?
It’s estimated that more than 9,000 Americans will die from melanoma this year and 76,000 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed. Melanoma, an aggressive skin cancer which can spread (metastasize)...
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