Tanning Machines Cause Cancer, Study Finds
File this one under the medical science of "duh," but people who use indoor tanning beds are 74 percent likelier to develop melanoma, a new study has found. According to one researcher, "Our data would suggest that there is no safe tanning device." Someone alert the cast of "Jersey Shore."
File this one under the medical science of “duh,” but people who use indoor tanning beds are 74 percent likelier to develop melanoma, a new study has found. According to one researcher, “Our data would suggest that there is no safe tanning device.” Someone alert the cast of “Jersey Shore.”
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Researcher DeAnn Lazovich, PhD, of the University of Minnesota says the study was designed to address the limitations of past research, which have allowed the tanning industry to continue to deny that indoor tanning causes skin cancer.
“Our data would suggest that there is no safe tanning device,” she tells WebMD.
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