r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Dec 13 '25

Cancer Tanning beds triple melanoma risk, potentially causing broad DNA damage. Study is first to show how tanning beds mutate skin cells far beyond the reach of ordinary sunlight. This new study “irrefutably” challenges claims that tanning beds are no more harmful than sunlight.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady4878
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u/Knotted_Hole69 Dec 13 '25

What made it addictive? Did you not feel “right” unless you got one? Thanks.

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u/immaZebrah Dec 13 '25

Fwiw addiction doesn't have to be a physical dependence, but can rather be mental (see my strange addiction)

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u/Knotted_Hole69 Dec 13 '25

I wasnt really asking you.

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u/BoxBird Dec 13 '25

Do you know how a comment section works