When it comes to reporting medical news, the news media seems to be blinded by the dermatology and pharmaceutical industry’s sun scare messages, as studies about alleged risks of UV exposure aren’t treated the same way as studies about other alleged risks. NBC News today reported that a study published Tuesday in the medical journal [...]
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The Media’s Anti-Tanning Bias
May 3, 2012This article is…
March 30, 2012This article is truly eye openning….and so true. And i would like to add that this isn’t ALL dermatologists, there are many who use common sense when advising you.
Is Profit Behind Dermatology’s ‘Sun Scare’ Message?
March 30, 2012Is Profit Behind Dermatology’s ‘Sun Scare’ Message?
This article is truly eye openning….and so true. And i would like to add that this isn’t ALL dermatologists, there are many who use common sense when advising you.
Why do we always here that tanning is bad for us…who is behind this anti tanning message, and why?
March 25, 2012http://seg.sharethis.com/getSegment.php?purl=http%3A%2F%2Fsunbanque.wordpress.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php&jsref=&rnd=1332685283745 Sunshine is free – it has no marketing department for its life-giving benefits. If a pharmaceutical company patented and sold sunshine, the public message we receive about it would be completely different.Instead, the professional indoor tanning community is the only entity in a position to challenge the $35 billion anti-UV industry’s total sun abstinence [...]
Dermotologists Use ‘Medically Necessary’ UV?
March 8, 2012The American Academy of Dermatology Association Saturday defended its usage of sunbeds for the treatment of psoriasis as “medically necessary” UV exposure, denying that dermatology phototherapy competes with indoor tanning and creating an interesting contradiction in the group’s campaign to ban indoor tanning for those under 18 years of age. “We are not competitors with [...]
January 7th Busting Breast Cancer Briefings at Sunbanque Locations
January 4, 2012“Breast Cancer has now become an unnecessary disease”, according to Susan Wadia-Ells, founding director of the National Breast Cancer Prevention Project. On Saturday January 7th , Wadia-Ells of Manchester, MA, will discuss research on why: higher levels of Vitamin D3; avoiding contraceptive drugs; having an annual thermogram and changing your diet, can virtually eliminate your [...]
U S Derms refer 900,000 to Sunbeds
December 21, 2011An International Smart Tan Network survey of 6,881 indoor tanning clients revealed that 11 percent of tanning clients say a doctor referred them to a tanning salon for therapeutic reasons and that 28 percent of those referring physicians were dermatologists. The survey shows that the recent press release from the American Academy of Dermatology in [...]
Melanoma Not Sun Related: Report
November 17, 2011One of the internet’s leading health-education web sites this week published a report slamming those who have singled-out UV exposure as the cause of melanoma — citing reports arguing that alleged melanoma increases are more a product of increased reporting and less a product of actual increase in disease. Dr. Joseph Mercola, founder of Mercola.com, [...]
Dispelling The Myth about Melanoma and Tanning
November 11, 2011Melanoma Risks The majority of melanomas are caused by genetic factors. People at risk are very fair skinned, have red hair and have a large number of moles. People that are a Skin Type one (very fair and cannot develop a tan) should not tan whether indoors or outdoors. The World Health Organization (WHO) IARC [...]
MD Promoting Vitamin D to prevent flu this winter
November 9, 2011An online medical lab site is promoting research connecting optimal vitamin D blood levels with lower risk of flu in the winter — another endorsement of vitamin D. “Flu season is just about upon the U.S., and this means that many people will soon start coming down with infections. However, a vitamin D test may [...]
