'Don't use them': Tanning beds triple skin cancer risk, study finds

This handout picture taken on November 20, 2025 and obtained on December 12, 2025 from the Northwestern University shows Heidi Tarr, who was diagnosed with the common skin cancer melanoma years after regularly using a tanning bed, being examined by dermatologist Pedram Gerami at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States, earlier this year. (Photo by Ben Schamisso / NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY-UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM / AFP)