A Northwestern University study found that tanning bed use triples the risk of melanoma and causes widespread DNA mutations across the skin. Researchers discovered that indoor tanners had nearly twice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study from UC San Francisco and Northwestern University finds that young indoor tanners carry more skin cell mutations than ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young person in a solarium Tanning beds may offer a convenient indoor alternative to sunbathing, but a new study suggests they ...

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 teenager admitted that she regrets becoming addicted to tanning beds — and is now warning others against following in her footsteps after a cancer scare. Megan Blain, 19, traded out fake-tan bottles ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than 140 people in South Carolina die each year from melanoma, the main type of skin cancer. And research shows that tanning devices are one the most avoidable risk factors in ...

A resurgence of indoor tanning among young people is an alarming trend, says Seattle dermatologist Heather Rogers, that comes after years of decline of the practice in the U.S. Why it matters: In a ...

Tanning beds promise a quick glow, but a new study says the real cost is written deep into your skin. Researchers have found that young indoor tanners carry genetic damage in their skin cells that ...