Comments on: The Dangers of Tanning Beds http://www.whatdoesmelanomalooklike.com/the-dangers-of-tanning-beds/ Latest research on melanoma and skin cancer diseases Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:37:26 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: John H http://www.whatdoesmelanomalooklike.com/the-dangers-of-tanning-beds/#comment-23 John H Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:37:26 +0000 http://www.whatdoesmelanomalooklike.com/?p=103#comment-23 This article from last year discusses skin cancer in 0.1% of the population using a method call disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). Then it mentions 3.3 BILLION will have complications from Vitamin D deficiency in DALYs. (paragraphs 3 & 4) It certainly questions why they would pick on sun tanning that dramatically increases Vitamin D. Do the needs of a few outweigh the many? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2290997/ This article from last year discusses skin cancer in 0.1% of the population using a method call disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). Then it mentions 3.3 BILLION will have complications from Vitamin D deficiency in DALYs. (paragraphs 3 & 4)

It certainly questions why they would pick on sun tanning that dramatically increases Vitamin D. Do the needs of a few outweigh the many?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2290997/

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