In the late nineteenth century, high fashion dictated the maintenance of alabaster skin. Creamy white skin signified a person of privileged status, not an unfortunate sun-darkened field laborer. But as the industrial age dawned and laborers...

Tanning is the process of converting putrescible skin into non-putrescible leather, usually with tannin, an acidic chemical compound that prevents decomposition and often imparts color. Tanning leather involves a process which permanently alters the...

THOSE NEW spray-on suntan machines fulfill twin cravings that have made fools of human beings for at least the better part of a century: the desire to look like a bronze god at the beach and the passion for saving time. "The 60-second...

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European Union experts warned Thursday sunbeds and tanning lamps may increase the risk of skin cancer, and advised against their use by children and other people at high risk. "We need to act rapidly in order to raise...

At least seven civilians, including four children, were killed during a military operation against al-Qaida-linked militants on a southern Philippine island, officials said Tuesday.The victims' families claimed they were killed before dawn Monday by soldiers searching for Abu Sayyaf militants who had abducted a businesswoman...