Tanning bed usage was associated with an increased risk of melanoma, at an odds ratio of 2.85, while further analysis revealed a dose–response relationship between the number of tanning bed exposures ...

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Step away from the tanning bed. Despite the numerous health risks — from premature aging to the obvious concern of skin cancer — indoor tanning devices are back in style thanks to Gen Z. But the ...

Tanning beds may offer a convenient indoor alternative to sunbathing, but a new study suggests they could be worse for the skin than sunlight. Indoor tanning can almost triple melanoma risk, the study ...

New research suggests that indoor tanning may age skin at the genetic level far faster than previously believed, potentially planting the earliest seeds of cancer years before symptoms emerge. Credit: ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hop onto TikTok and you'll find lots of videos of young people — mostly women — fake baking under the glowing UV lights of a tanning bed. Seattle dermatologist Heather Rogers says this is an alarming ...

A study conducted in part by Chicago's Northwestern Medicine found that tanning beds not only triple the risk of melanoma, but can also damage DNA across nearly the whole skin surface. Northwestern ...

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 ...

Tanning beds sharply raise the risk of melanoma, and a new study now shows why. They don’t just damage skin where light hits most. They spread cancer-linked DNA mutations across nearly the entire body ...