'Guardian of the genome' protein found to underlie skin tanning
A protein known as the "master watchman of the genome" for its ability to guard against cancer-causing DNA damage has been found to provide an entirely different level of cancer protection: By prompting the skin to tan in response to ultraviolet light from the sun, it deters the development of melanoma skin cancer, the fastest-increasing form of cancer in the world. In a study in the March...Girls Hit Tanning Booths More Than Boys
White American teenage girls are more likely to use indoor tanning booths than boys and to use them more frequently, says a Case Western Reserve University study.// The study found nearly 37 percent of white teenage girls have used an indoor tanning facility at least once, and nearly 30 percent of them reported using a tanning booth three or more times. The percentage of gir...UV- Light Tanning As A Type Of Substance-Related Disorder
A suntan is mostly associated with good health and vitality. However, just a small amount of sunlight is needed for the body to manufacture vitamin D. //It doesn't take much sunlight to make all the vitamin D one can use certainly far less than it takes to get a suntan. Recently, a study was conducted to better understand the complex motivations involved with UV light (UVL) tanning beha...Bill for Formal Regulation of Tanning Salons
Ken Macintosh, the Labour MSP for Eastwood plans to publish a private member's bill for regulating tanning salons in order to ban children from their premises.// This is part of a clampdown against Scotland's rising incidents of skin cancer. Coin-operated and unsupervised sun beds are to be banned as a part of this proposal. More information was also required to be published on the hea...Insight Into Tanning Process Suggests Novel Way to Prevent Skin Cancer
Findings from a study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston have rewritten science's understanding of the process of skin// tanning -- an insight that has enabled them to develop a promising way of protecting fair-skinned people from skin cancer caused by exposure to sunlight. The study, to be published by the journal Nature in its Sept. 21...Battle against Skin Cancer must Target Tanning Salons
Tanning salons must be regulated by the Scottish Executive according to health experts and politicians. The call follows widespread support for a Private Members' Bill that was put// forward by Labour MSP Ken Macintosh, which demanded licensing of all sun bed parlours. In May the Regulation of Sun bed Parlours Bill was put out for consultation and support from people, hoping that the my...