Tanning bed use is tied to almost a threefold increase in melanoma risk, and findings from new research show these devices cause melanoma-linked DNA damage across nearly the entire skin surface. The findings were reported in a study published in Science Advances  led by Northwestern Medicine in Chicago and the University of California, San Francisco. This new study “irrefutably” challenges claims from the tanning industry that tanning beds are no more harmful than sunlight by

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