Tanning activates regions of brain tied to addiction
by Times Free Press
Sep 08, 2011 | 400 views | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend | print
A new study shines light on why more than a million Americans a day ignore skin-scorching warnings to hit tanning beds.

It’s nothing shocking: Artificially bronzing your skin can become a habit, and habits are hard to break.

Researchers found that some parts of the brain activate the same way they do when stimulated by other substances linked to addiction. Dr. Bryon Adinoff, a University of Texas-based psychiatry professor and an author of the study, told The New York Times that UV light affects people much like drugs and alcohol.

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