Northwestern Medicine study finds tanning bed use triples risk of melanoma

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Original Load Date Dec. 14, 2025, 10 a.m.
Last Updated Dec. 14, 2025, 10 a.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/northwestern-medicine-study-tanning-bed-melanoma/

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A study conducted [ in part by Chicago's Northwestern Medicine ][1] found that tanning beds not only triple the risk of melanoma, but can also damage DNA across nearly the whole skin surface. Northwestern Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco launched the study after researchers ...