Are you as excited as we are? We think it's safe to assume that most of you tanners are prime time TV watchers. Especially, since the red carpet mainly means scoping out who looks the best and worst!
Click the title of this post to see the nominees!
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Study: Sun Lowers Heart Attack Risk
https://smarttan.com/blog/index.php/sun-lowers-heart-attack-risk-study/
A Danish research team this week presented data suggesting that overexposure to the sun lowers a person’s risk of heart attacks, hip fractures and overall mortality — a trade-off that would outweigh the risks of skin-related diseases, most of which are non-lethal in most cases.
2011-07-12 Sun Lowers Heart Attack Risk copy “Cumulative incidences of myocardial infarction, hip fracture and mortality were lower among individuals with non-melanoma skin cancer or cutaneous malignant melanoma,” Dr. Peter Brondum Jacobson, of University Hospital in Herlev, Denmark, wrote in the study. “This suggests that sun exposure might have beneficial effects on health.”
The team speculates that non-melanoma and melanoma incidence are signs of overexposure to UV light — an assumption that lacks a solid straightforward relationship, particularly for melanoma and basal cell carcinoma, which have complex relationships with sun exposure in research. Melanoma is more common in indoor workers — who get four- to six-times less sun exposure — than in outdoor workers.
But, studying the entire Danish population from 1980-2006, Jacobson and his colleagues found that those with non-melanoma skin cancer were:
* 34 percent less likely to suffer a heart attack.
* 32 percent less likely to suffer a hip fracture.
* 46 percent less likely to die of any cause in the time period.
The results were less dramatic among melanoma victims — most likely due to the fact that melanoma’s relationship with sun exposure is not straightforward. Other papers have suggested that vitamin D from sun exposure is the mechanism lowering the risk of these and other diseases.
“What is interesting about this new paper is that it is looking at signs of overexposure to UV and presenting benefits of overexposure,” Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy says. “No one is advocating overexposure to sunlight. But researchers might want to identify if regular, moderate exposure might present the same benefit to this population without the risk of skin cancer. That would be an even better study.”
The study was presented at a meeting of the European Atherosclerosis Society July 1.
Monday, July 11, 2011
CEO Lewis Shender talks tan tax, myths and the tanning industry!
Hollywood Tans CEO Lewis Shender was on the Fox Business Channel discussing the tan tax and it's impact on the tanning industry, as well as the validity of claims that tanning is detrimental to health.
Take a look at the video (06:26)
Take a look at the video (06:26)
Exercising your right to tan!
This July, Hollywood Tans wants you to fight for your right to tan more than ever, in the spirit of Independence Day. Rid yourself of all the myths that might be keeping you from going to the tanning salon as often.
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