A beach vacation is all about soaking up the sun, enjoying the waves, and relaxing under blue skies. But amidst the fun, one common concern often creeps in - sun tanning or worse, sunburn. While a bit ...

Sun exposure has some positive and many negative effects for humans. The skin requires exposure to UV-B rays from the sun in order to stimulate vitamin D synthesis, as a lack of vitamin D can cause ...

A sunburn might not be the only thing you need to worry about this summer. “There’s no such thing as a safe tan,” Krista Rubin, nurse practitioner at Mass General Brigham’s Center for Melanoma, told ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (KFSN) -- We've heard the statistics and the warnings: skin cancer is America's fastest growing cancer and sun tan beds and salons add to that danger. But lots of folks keep going, and ...

Is tanning safe? Here's what experts want you to know. (Romano Cagnoni/Getty Images) If you’ve ever left the beach without a suntan only to find it showing up hours later, you may wonder why. Now a ...

On sunny or even cloudy days, the UV index can be a good thing to check. "It's five, moderate. But you're still supposed to use sun protection it says," explained Claira Wright, a University of ...