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Survey: 'Tanorexia' common among university students

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created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study conducted at a large university finds more than 25 percent of those surveyed reported symptoms of tanning dependence, including symptoms similar to alcohol and drug-addicted individuals. Suggestively, the study ...





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Classifying indoor tanning behaviors can help physicians tailor prevention messages

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created Dec 17, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Identifying indoor tanning behavior patterns can help physicians tailor prevention messages, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.


State policies have little effect on reducing minors' indoor tanning use

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created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new analysis finds that state policies meant to limit minors' indoor tanning use have had little effect. Published in the January 15, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the st ...


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Study: Tanning beds definitely cause cancer

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 9

(AP) -- International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming both to be as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have ...


Skin cancer now top cancer among young women in UK

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created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, is now the most common cancer in young British women, the country's leading cancer organization said Wednesday. Skin cancer has overtaken cervical cancer as the top cancer ...


Skin color clue to nicotine dependence

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created May 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Higher concentrations of melanin -- the color pigment in skin and hair -- may be placing darker pigmented smokers at increased susceptibility to nicotine dependence and tobacco-related carcinogens than lighter skinned smokers, ...


Nationwide study examines youth access to indoor tanning

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Many indoor tanning businesses require parental consent for teenagers to use their facilities, but most would allow young tanners more than the government-recommended amount of exposure during the first week, according to ...


Tanning may be associated with moles in very light-skinned children

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Very-light-skinned children without red hair who tan appear to develop more nevi (birthmarks, moles or other colored spots on the skin) than children who do not tan, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of ...


To sun, or not to sun?

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

You ditched the baby oil with iodine ions ago, but you still have some burning questions about less-obvious sun no-no's. Now that spring is here and everyone's exposure time is likely to increase, get updated on the latest ...


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Get Your Vitamin D From Food or Supplements -- Not Tanning Beds

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created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- There’s no question that vitamin D does the body good, but tanning beds and unprotected sun exposure are not the best ways to get it, according to dermatologists with UC Physicians.


Family history predicts presence and course of psychiatric disorders

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A family history of depression, anxiety, alcohol dependence or drug dependence is associated with the presence of each condition and also may predict its course and prognosis, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of ...



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