Tanning Rehab? Of brain addiction to alcoholism, drug abuse related

Melanoma is a killer. So is alcoholism and drug abuse. Have you ever thought that they were connected? A new study shows that the brains of people who say they are addicted to tanning Act a lot like that of alcoholics and drug addicts. Close to beaches nationwide might need rehab centres open tanning.

Tanning comes with many health risks. According to have people younger than 30, making use of a solarium 10 times a year, eight times the risk for malignant melanoma. Each year, melanoma seems about 70,000 people and kills 9000. More than 1 million Americans are diagnosed non-melanoma skin cancer every year.

Dr. Bryon Adinoff, Professor of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center explains:

"Using tanning beds have rewarding effects in the brain so that people can feel forced to persevere in the behaviour, although it is bad for them. The implication is, ' if it's too rewarding, then it would also be addictive? ' "

Tanner's researchers measured brain activity twice, once with ultraviolet radiation, and a time using UV filter filters. Participants do not know whether they were real UV radiation. The researchers saw that real UV rays changed tanners brain activity and blood flow in a way that did what is seen in addicts.

Dr. Howard Markel, a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan and author of "An Anatomy of Addiction" continued:

"I think that something that gives us pleasure and stimulates the limbic system of the brain has the potential to addictive in the sense that we do it to excess and with harmful consequences."

If you decide to tan, you need to protect yourself. Despite the recent allegations about sunscreen safety, consumers should rest assured that products that sunscreen ingredients, and specifically oxybenzone and retinyl palmitate, safe and effective when used as prescribed. Sunscreen should be considered an essential part of a comprehensive sun protection regime which looking for shade, cover up with clothing including Hat a wide age-grocery and UV-blocking sunglasses and avoid tanning and UV tanning booths.

Sun protection is essential for the prevention of skin cancer. About 90% of non-melanoma skin cancer and 65% of melanomas are associated with exposure to UV radiation from the Sun.

Melanoma originates in the melanocytes, the cells that the pigment melanin that our skin, hair and eye colors produce. The majority of melanomas are black or Brown, but often they can also skin-colored, pink, red, purple, blue or white.

Cutaneous melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer, killing about one person per hour in the us. The incidence is increased dramatically worldwide during the past five decades, with a concomitant increase in mortality. Mortality is, however, recently dropped in some developed countries, including Australia, Canada and the USA, presumably because of partly to earlier detection and treatment of the disease, when it is usually curable.

When shopping for sunscreen, consumers should look at The Skin Cancer Foundation's Seal of recommendation, which is awarded to Sun protective products that meet strict criteria for safety and effectiveness. Of the Foundation volunteers Photobiology Committee, dermatologists with specialized knowledge about the influence of the Sun on skin, evaluation test results of all the products for the seal of recommendation. The Foundation requires that testing be done on human subjects; It is the only organization that scientific testing results for sunscreen guest reviews. An analysis of sunscreen based on computer models for the measurement of the UVA-and UVB coverage can only be classified as "pseudoscience".

Written by Sy Kraft
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Article reference:
1. "activation of the mesostriatal reward pathway with exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) vs. sham UVR in frequent tanners: a pilot study"
Addiction biology Journal
Cynthia r. Harrington, Tracy c. Beswick, Michael Graves, Heidi t. Jacobe, Thomas s. Harris, Shadi preenen, Michael d. Devous Sr, Bryon Adinoff

2. the Foundation against cancer Skin