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Digital face-aging app may help curb risky tanning behaviours
After viewing photos of their faces that had been digitally aged, students enrolled in a study changed their sun tanning behaviours, accordi
by Cory Perla
May 13, 20201 min read


Higher Levels of Media Literacy May Lead to Less Dangerous Tanning Practices
Study: Higher levels of media literacy in young adults led to a reduction in appearance-based comparisons, with individuals idealizing tanne
by Cory Perla
Mar 4, 20201 min read


Fitness gyms the new indoor tanning sites
While many people go to gyms to improve their fitness, many of these facilities are undermining public health warnings regarding indoor tann
By John Evans
Jan 7, 20202 min read


Head and neck melanoma in young people up 51.1% in Canada, U.S.
“This is the first study of head and neck melanoma in adolescents and young adults in the United States and Canada combined,” Dr. Osazuwa-Pe
By John Evans
Oct 4, 20192 min read


Rise in skin cancer rates among females reveals alarming tanning trends
Research shows that between 1970 and 2009, rates of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, have increased 800% among women between the
By Dhiren Mahiban
Jul 29, 20192 min read


Indoor tanning more likely in young women influenced by social media
Young women who received health and beauty information from news sites rather than social media outlets were also more aware of the risks o
by Cory Perla
Dec 5, 20181 min read


Indoor tanning may provoke dependence, study shows
A study of a community sample of 389 non-Hispanic Caucasian young adult women aged 18 to 30 years, who had tanned indoors at least once in t
by John Evans
Dec 1, 20172 min read
Seven skin health myths many patients believe
The ease of searching the internet and patient curiosity about their own skin conditions often leads to patients presenting their physicians
Derm City
Nov 3, 20173 min read
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