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Tanning As A Teen Can Mean Cancer As An Adult

Use of Tanning Beds Before Age 35 Increases Risk of Melanoma by 75 percent Although I'd rather celebrate back-to-school week with a trip to the spa, this year I'll be marking the occasion by spending a day with a surgeon at UConn Medical Center, having a basal cell carcinoma removed from my forehead.

ETSU gets largest federal grant in school’s history to spread word of tanning bed dangers

If someone told you indoor tanning could kill you, would you lay in a tanning bed? How about if an East Tennessee State University researcher told you that, and pointed out indoor tanning will cause sunspots and wrinkles? Would you change your behavior, then?

Vampires Suck [2010] [PG-13] - 6.7.5

A parody of the "Twilight" movie series follows the story line closely, with a young woman torn between her love for a vampire and her friendship with a werewolf. With Jenn Proske, Matt Lanter, Diedrich Bader, Chris Riggi, Arielle Kebbel, B.J. Britt and Charlie Weber.

No bronzing medal for me, but I'm fair game

If tan is beautiful, vogue, trendy, then what am I?

Year-round tans linked to rise in deadly melanoma skin cancers

A hundred years ago, it wasn't fashionable to sport a suntan. In fact, only laborers, farmers and fishermen who worked long hours outdoors had tans. Well-to-do women took pride in porcelain-white, unspotted skin by protecting themselves with parasols, gloves and large hats. That all changed in the 1920s when fashion icon Coco Chanel showed her new clothing designs on tanned models. A golden tan ...