MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'indoor tanning'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:02:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4343128&cid=t_203858_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fskin-cancer-risk-indoor-tanning-and-maternal-influence%2F2011.01.13 Not all maternal influence on daughter behavior is good. Take for example the influence of the unhealthy use of indoor tanning beds as presented in a recent Archives of Dermatology article (full reference below) which “investigated whether indoor tanning with one’s mother the first time would influence frequency of tanning later in life and whether it was associated with age of initiation.” Joel Hillhouse, Ph.D., of East Tennessee State University-Johnson City and colleagues published a study the May 2010 issue of the Archives of Dermatology which looked at which health-based intervention worked best in reducing skin cancer risks. They found that “emphasizing the appearance-damaging effects of UV light, both indoor and outdoor, to young patients who are tanning is important no ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4343128 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:00:00 +0100 4343128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3714186&cid=t_203858_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Faddicted-to-indoor-tanning%2F2010.06.30 According to the Archives of Dermatology, there are people who are addicted to indoor tanning. That journal reported on a study of 421 university students in the northeastern United States. Using self-reported questionnaires, they screened for alcoholism and substance use as well as anxiety and depression. They also had a questionnaire about addiction to indoor tanning. If you’re scratching your head (as I was), there’s a medically-accepted criteria known as CAGE (cut down, annoyed, guilty, eye-opener) that correlates with addiction, so they used this for “addiction” to indoor tanning also. They found that more of the kids who met the criteria for addiction to indoor tanning also had greater anxiety, greater use of alcohol, marijuana and other substances. (more&#82... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3714186 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3714186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2653838&cid=t_203858_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FuzSfx4ol24M%2F On the heels of this morning’s announcement that tanning beds are as carcinogenic as tobacco or asbestos, the Indoor Tanning Association is starting to fight back. Indoor Tanning Association President, Dan Humiston has taken the stand that medical warnings such as this morning’s (Tanning Beds Deemed High Cancer Risk) are scaremongering and will damage small businesses. The association does acknowledge that ultraviolet can be dangerous. In an ad to appear in tomorrow’s New York Post, they say, UV light from a tanning bed is the same as UV light from the sunshine, which has had the “group 1” classification since 1992. But they add: “Because tanning beds produce the same UV light as the sun, OVEREXPOSURE and abuse of our product—just like OVEREXPOSURE to sunlight�... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2653838 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:29:24 +0100 2653838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1826316&cid=t_203858_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fsarah-palin-on-the-risks-of-indoor-tanning%2F Regular readers of this blog will know that I’ve previously written about skin cancer, skin cancer prevention and the skin cancer-inducing risks of indoor tanning. So it will come as no surprise that I was troubled to learn that Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin had installed a tanning bed in the Governor’s mansion shortly after taking office in early 2007 and that this was being widely reported in the media. My concerns were that Governor Palin’s apparent endorsement of indoor tanning might lead some people to believe that it’s an okay thing to do. The good news is that Governor Palin apparently knows better than to use an indoor tanning bed. On May 4, 2007, she issued an official statement proclaiming May 2007 as “Skin Ca... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1826316 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:02:32 +0100 1826316