devices. The article ‘Sun Vampires’ appeared in The Big Issue in May 1997. The Big Issue is aimed at a wide audience‚ including the younger generation‚ and is an effective way to reach the youth through a magazine‚ including young adults using tanning beds. The Big Issue is sold by the homeless on the street and can usually be found in any town centre or city. The heading of the article I am analysing is ‘Sun Vampires’ and this in turn contradicts itself as vampires are associated with darkness
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Patient Education Project The purpose of this paper is to develop a plan to teach a specific target group of clients regarding the risk of skin cancer and the impact that skin cancer has on one ’s health. Included in the discussion will be the assessment of what the patient needs to know‚ readiness to learn‚ and educational methods to be used. Skin Cancer Skin cancer‚ which is caused from ultraviolet rays‚ is extremely prevalent‚ with over a million cases occurring annually
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Beginning with‚ it’s generally observed that many fair complexion ladies would like to get honey tone for their skin and appear perfect within the hot summer time‚ and for your they might opt for spray tanning that’s with no harm of uncovered Ultra violet sun rays. The fundamental component of spray tanning might be a substance referred to as DHA (dihydroxyacetone). It’s a method of sugar that’s based on a plant supply. It responds with proteins within the dead cells in our skin. It’s inside the stratum
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(2008) Positive and negative effects of UV Retrieved‚ July‚ 2‚ 2010 from http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/You-Me-and-UV/Science-Ideas-and- Concepts/Pos... Christensen‚ P (2010) Tanning beds: What do the numbers really mean? Retrieved‚ July 2‚ 2010 from http://www.healthjournalism.org/blog/2010/05/tanning-beds- do-the- numbers-really-m... Kotz‚ D (2008) Time in the Sun: How Much is needed for Vitamin D Retrieved‚ July 2‚ 2010 from http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family- health/heart/articles/2008/06/23/time-in-the-sun
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tone within two days. The Bottom Line: Evidence suggests that tanning greatly increases your risk of developing skin cancer. And‚ contrary to popular belief‚ getting a tan will not protect your skin from sunburn or other skin damage. The extra melanin in tanned skin provides a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of about 2 to 4; far below the minimum recommended SPF of 15. According to the National Cancer Institute‚ women who use tanning beds more than once a month are 55 percent more likely to develop
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As of July 1 of 2010 tanning salons across the United States were forced to apply a 10% tax to indoor tanning services as a part of president Obama’s federal healthcare act. Just recently due to a study performed by the American Medical Association‚ there is controversy over whether or not to ban teens under 18 from using indoor tanning beds at all‚ parent-approved or not. The tanning industry is under attack‚ figuratively speaking. For a number of reasons‚ the Federal government should not have
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shoulders and forearms. They can also form when the skin is exposed to artificial tanning such as heat lamps and tanning beds. Age spots may develop on younger people if they spend a lot of time in the sun. Men and women of any skin color can develop age spots. Other than the elderly‚ some people are more at risk than others for developing age spots‚ including people with very fair skin‚ people who frequently use tanning beds and people who have
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The ’Sun Vampires’ is an article by Cayte Williams outlining the dangers of using sun beds; addiction to sun beds and portrays the people who use sun beds as foolish. The article was printed in ‘The Big Issue’‚ which is most commonly sold by the homeless to earn money. ‘The Big Issue’ is targeted towards young casual readers who have knowledge of current affairs and have general concerns for society. The main message put across in the article by Cayte is that they are dangerous and can become
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expanding her service offerings to include tanning booths. She figured that such an addition would complement her current salon business by offering customers the opportunity to come in for about 15-30 minutes and have a worthwhile tanning experience or better still to enjoy a relaxing tan instead of waiting out in the lounge. As Patsy began exploring the various costs and investments required‚ she realized that she had very little knowledge about the tanning
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However‚ eating disorders are not the only extreme measures that mass media and sociocultural goals have caused us to resort to in a pursuit to reach that unreachable goal of “beauty”. A lot of people go to tanning beds multiple times a week just to look tan and beautiful. People who have used tanning beds are 75 percent more likely than a person who has
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