Some stories are so powerful they need to be retold. This blog was written by Dr. Jessica Sparks Lilley, a pediatrician who learned the hard way that the risks of getting melanoma from using a tanning bed are real! Please do not use tanning beds. Please do not allow your children to use tanning beds. Help pass legislation to ban the use of tanning beds by minors.
Parents – this is the season your daughter will most likely want to use a tanning bed. Pre-teen and teenage girls all over the country are tired of their winter skin. Valentine’s Day dances, proms and new friendships begin to inspire them and they flirt with the idea of getting a tan. The tanning bed [...]
New research continues to explore the possibility that tanning beds might be addictive.
U.K. medical workers have called for a complete tanning bed ban except for medical conditions. U.S. medical organizations should consider emulating this gutsy move.
New research from the UK shows that while the recession may keep a significant number of people at home this summer, it will not keep them away from tanning beds.
Intermittent sun exposure on vacation or by using tanning beds is an important skin cancer risk factor.
A new study suggesting the connection between tanning beds usage and addiction may open the door to new, more severe restrictions on tanning beds usage.
Interview with Dr. Ellen Marmur, a proponent of tanning beds legislation and a skin cancer survivor.
Despite their limitations, two federal initiatives limiting access to tanning beds should be supported as they focus public attention on the dangers of tanning beds.
Publishing giants Cosmo and Seventeen team up to help change attitudes toward tanning beds.
A fascinating and important study just published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology finds similarities in the way cigarettes and tanning beds are marketed.
Dermatologist David A. Jones, MD, PhD, FAAD, of Newton, Mass., writes that both industries employ advertising strategies to counteract health concerns of their products in order to positively influence [...]
