Brazilian authorities put a national ban on tanning salons. The National Health Surveillance Agency announced the decision on November 11. Full story

Cancer sufferers receive considerable alleviation from vitamin D, the Sun vitamin, as recent research showed. Such is the conclusion reached in two studies published in the British Journal of Cancer and the Journal of Clinical Oncology. They are the result of a joint research conducted by specialists from Leeds University in conjunction with the US National Institutes of Health. Full story

A while ago scientific studies suspected tanning beds to be 'probable carcinogens'; unfortunately, further research proves that they are conducive to developing skin cancer. Full story

October issue of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research magazine features the findings of American scientists about suntan health impacts. They reveal that any suntan whether you get it from the sun or in a tanning salon is harmful for our health and may cause various illnesses, from premature skin aging to the skin cancer. Full story