Skin cancer
A diet low in fat and high in fruit and vegetables can prevent skin cancer. Five servings of fruits and vegetables a day recommended by several health bodies but followed by only a small minority ...
Is skin cancer caused by too much sunbathing? This much cherished view has received a further battering recently, this time by researchers from Yale. ...
At least one doctor is less than enthusiastic about the fountain of youth hormone drug test being tested on patients over 60. Newcastle upon Tyne consultant endocrinologist Fredrick Clark is criti ...
Studies are beginning to highlight the importance of sunlight as a cancer fighter, yet those of us who live in Northern Europe get virtually no sunlight for up to six months of the year. While we can supplement with vitamin D, is a UVA sunbed a good...
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The sunscreen industry would have you believe that all sun exposure is potentially dangerous. ...
This man has slight sun damage to his forehead. His doctor has advised him to keep an eye on it and to keep it moist. Is there any known cure for this type of damage? What can he do to help the area heal?
Sunscreens usually work by using either a physical sun filter, such as talc, titanium oxide or zinc oxide, or chemicals containing active ingredients such as methoxycinnamate, p-aminobenzoic acid ...
Our children are not getting enough sunlight. Parents, worried by the very effective campaigns about sunbathing and skin cancers, are keeping children away from the sun - and so depriving them of a vital health source.