Tanning In The News Lack Of Vitamin 'D' in The UK - 19,000 people a year prematurely die from cancer in the UK due to insufficient vitamin D (the most important source of which is UV light). In the USA the economic burden due to Vitamin D insufficiency from inadequate exposure to solar UVB is estimated at $4056 billion in 2004, wheras that for excess UV irradiance is estimated at $67 million... This means that health problems due to lack of vitamin D are more than 60 times more expensive to the country than health problems caused by too much exposure to UV. Cold weather sends students to tanning beds - Why use a tanning bed, when the sun charges nothing? When 20 minutes in a bed equates to a day at the beach, students are enticed by the convenience and ease. "I use the tanning bed when I want to look tan for an event. Using 12 minutes of my day to get a tan that takes me a good one or two days in the sun is well worth it," says Kristin Sagona, a business major. >> More << Tanning Bed Lotions Ensure Safe Tan - A recent study shows that thousands of people die each year of cancers possibly caused by too little sun exposure which leads to vitamin D deficiency. Our indoor lifestyles and sunscreens diminish vitamin D production because the body gets vitamin D from UV light and not from foods. Vitamin D can also be derived from indoor tanning beds. Use a common sense and tan wisely and in moderation, and you will look gorgeous and healthy. >> More <<   Nails In The News Fab & Faux - Could I do it? Was I brave enough to experiment with false fingernails? Looking down at my own short nails that I cut down at every chance, I decided to step up to the challenge.. >> More << USA Salon applies acrylic nails to bleeding fingers - Burgess, 47, went to a salon to have a new set of acrylic fingernails applied. The salon had difficulty removing the set of acrylic nails it had applied during Burgess's last visit, and finally removed them using a grinding wheel, leaving Burgess's fingers bleeding. The salon then applied a new set of acrylic nails over Burgess's bleeding nail beds. Over the next five weeks, Burgess' fingers became painful and swollen. She was diagnosed with osteomyelitis, and a portion of her right index finger was amputated. Her medical expenses totaled $18,000. >> More <<