When Heidi Tarr was a teenager, she used a tanning bed several times a week with her friends because they all wanted to glow like a celebrity. "It was just the thing to do—everyone wanted that nice, ...

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated how tanning beds cause fundamental DNA damage across almost the skin's entire surface that results in a threefold risk of developing melanoma. It puts ...

Using a tanning bed to get that perfect glow is far riskier than we may think, according to findings by Northwestern Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco published Dec. 12 in the ...

Tanning is associated with the summer season, when bright, scorching sunlight dulls the skin. But that does not mean you can let your guard down in winter just because the sunlight feels milder.

Researchers discovered that tanning beds cause widespread, mutation-laden DNA damage across almost all skin, explaining the sharply increased melanoma risk. Single-cell genomic analysis revealed ...

A 20-year-old transient man accused of attacking a tanning salon employee and a customer last Tuesday in Loveland struck the employee more than 15 times on the top of her head with a hammer, according ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 20-year-old transient man accused of attacking a tanning salon employee and a customer last Tuesday in Loveland struck the employee more than 15 times on ...

Tanning bed usage can cause DNA damage, mutate skin cells beyond ordinary sun exposure and increase the risk of melanoma by nearly three times, according to a Northwestern University study published ...

Though tanning may be far from the minds of chilly Illinois residents at the moment, a new study out of Northwestern Medicine is highlighting the risks of tanning beds, and showing how they can lead ...

Research reveals that artificial sources of ultraviolet radiation cause cellular mutations that can be the seeds of future cancers, including highly deadly melanoma. Tanning bed users are known to ...