Tanning

Suntan Bed Dangers: The 'Stupid Light' Is On

Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Posted 06.01.2012

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Here are a few facts that might help change your mind before sunbathing or using a suntan bed.

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Why Some Women Risk Cancer To Be Tan

Slate | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Sun Damage, Tanning Salons, UV Rays, Skin Cancer, Sun, Cancer, Tanning Bed, Tanning Booths, Tanning, Women News

A CDC report out this month found that nearly one in three white women aged 18 to 25 had used a tanning booth in the previous year. White women aged 1...

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Students Take A BIG Stand Against This Pre-Prom Ritual (VIDEO)

Posted 05.15.2012

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We thought we had seen it all this prom season -- a girls-only prom, a Mormon prom and a tornado-ravaged prom, to name a few -- but now a 'tanning-fre...

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12 Extreme Tanners

Oddee.com | Posted 05.14.2012

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Tanning mom Pamela Krentcil is shining a spotlight on "tanorexia," but there are other people who are just a little too tan themselves....

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WATCH: 'SNL' Skewers The Tanning Mom

Posted 05.07.2012

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It was only a matter of time before the notorious "tanning mom" Patricia Krentcil, got her, er, moment in the sun. Last night "Saturday Night Live" ai...

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Tanoerexic Mom Lashes Out At 'Fat' And 'Ugly' Critics

Posted 05.04.2012

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The now-infamous "Tanning Mom" of New Jersey has a dark side to her public image that almost matches her extremely artificial suntanned complexion. ...

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Police Seeing Red Over Mom Who Put 5-Year-Old In Tanning Booth

Posted 05.02.2012

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UPDATE MAY 2: A New Jersey mom denies that her 5-year-old daughter's sunburn was caused by a trip to a tanning salon. Patricia Krentcil told NBC that ...

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Beyond the Pale: The 2012 Approach to Glowing Skin

Napoleon Perdis | Posted 05.21.2012

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From the sidewalk to the red carpet, more women are choosing to embrace their natural hair texture, skin tone and even body shape rather than continuing to fight nature to fit an impossible ideal.

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The 10 Most Annoying Facebook Status Updates

Andy McDonald | Posted 04.24.2012

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Facebook isn't a "thing" anymore. It's so ingrained, it just is. Before the Internet, if you didn't have a television, people automatically assumed you were weird. Now, if you don't have a Facebook page, you're either old, weird, or old and weird.

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The ABCDEs of Melanoma: Don't Let Sun Worship Turn Fatal

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 08.13.2011

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Southern Californians carry on a love-hate relationship with sunshine: we love that bountiful sunny days mean plenty of time at the beach and outdoors, but we're wary of the damage it can do to our skin.

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Despite Serious Risks, Teens Continue Indoor Tanning

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 07.10.2011

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Though most teenage tanners believe that tanning beds can cause cancer, many of them go anyway, new research shows. A survey conducted on behalf of th...

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FBI Nabs Countrywide's Mozilo for Overtanning

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011

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The FBI announced last week that it failed to come up with financial charges against Angelo Mozilo, the notorious former head of Countrywide Financia...

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Tanning Starts Off As A Mother-Daughter Activity: Study

StyleList.com | Grace Gold | Posted 05.25.2011

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While 32 percent had first gone tanning with a good friend, 20 percent had gone alone, and 10 percent were accompanied by an acquaintance -- but mom t...

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Guess What Percent Of Women Fake Baked In The Last Year

BellaSugar.com | Annie Tomlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The study found that only 13.3 percent of women suggested shunning tanning beds as a way to avoid developing skin cancer. Basically, people still aren...

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Indoor Tanning: The Newest Addiction?

Stacey Borden and Meghan Muntean | Posted 05.25.2011

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Are you simply after a bronzed glow, or using some deadly rays to cope with an underlying psychological issue?

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Snooki and Twilight: The Best Thing Mass Media Has Done for Young Skin

Solmaz Poorsattar | Posted 05.25.2011

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This year, teens are instead flocking to movie theaters to watch Twilight movies, featuring some of the palest heart-throbs ever.

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Can You Be Addicted To Tanning? Study Says Yes

health.com | Posted 11.17.2011

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Alcoholics, drug addicts, smokers, and gamblers have their 12-step programs--could Tanners Anonymous be next? A new study suggests that 1 in 5 people ...

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Tanorexia: The Unhealthy Glow of a New Addiction

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tanning Beds, Ultraviolet Rays, Dermatology, Skin Cancer, Sunburns, Suntans, Tans, Tanning, Los Angeles News

Have you been seeing more and more people, especially young people, who are tanned or bronzed for weeks at a time in say, February? Even in Los Angeles, that's not natural.

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Health Care Reform Fun Facts: the Tan Tax

Patt Morrison | Posted 05.25.2011

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When I blogged about the 10% tanning salon tax on the Los Angeles Times site a few days ago, I just thought of it as one of the many engaging nuggets we'll be mining out of the health care bill for some time yet.

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Saving Face: Skin Cancer

Sally Thorner | Posted 11.17.2011

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It's always been about my face. My sister pursued her artistic talent. My brother parlayed his smarts into several advanced degrees. I tried to ca...

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Bill To Ban Indoor Tanning For Teens

Albany NY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just in time for summer, a bill moving through the Legislature would ban indoor tanning by anyone under age 18. The bill would replace a state law no...

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How to Sunbathe Safely

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sunscreens absorb short-wave ultraviolet light, which is responsible for sunburn. However, they do nothing to block long-wave ultraviolet radiation which is the major cause of a skin cancer.

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Florida Chemist Sues Lindsay Lohan For Stealing Spray Tan Formula

St. Petersburg Times | Kevin Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

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Not everyone is glowing about a new fake tan spray that actress Lindsay Lohan claims to have invented. A lawsuit filed in Tampa federal court says Lo...

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Germany Bans Tanning Beds For Minors

Allure.com | Kayleigh Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

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We might not share in the German fervor for David Hasselhoff, but there is a guilty pleasure Germans have that is shared in the U.S.: the tanning bed ...

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ORANGE ALERT! Politicians With Fake Tans: A Cautionary Slideshow

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

Summer has arrived and with it, the season of bikinis, SPF and aloe vera -- but some familiar Washington faces seem to have an orange glow all year ro...

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