A recent study offers one more reason to layer on the sun block and eat your fruits and veggies. The study, published in the British journal Evolution and Human Behaviour indicates that a diet rich in carotenoids increases skin yellowness, which may be perceived as being more healthful than tanned skin. A healthy appearance… Continue Reading
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Tanning Beds Elevated to Highest Carcinogen
This week, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monograph Working Group classified UV-emitting tanning devices as “carcinogenic to humans”. The agency is the cancer arm of the World Health Organization. Previously, the use of sunlamps had been classified only as “probably carcinogenic in humans”. This elevated position makes tanning beds as carcinogenic as… Continue Reading