Archive for the ‘Skin’ Category

Young American Women Getting Tanned to Death

By MedHeadlines • Jul 12th, 2008 • Category: CDC, Cancer, Medical Research, Skin, Women's Health

The most lethal form of skin cancer is on the rise in American women aged 15 to 39, according to data provided by the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program, operated by the National Cancer Institute.  The number of…



Don’t Get Burned by Your Sunscreen

By MedHeadlines • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: FDA, Prevention, Skin

The plight of 6-year-old Emily Crawley and her little sister, Claire, 3, has brought the safety of sunscreens into question.  The girls’ mother, Michelle, a self-proclaimed sunscreen “freak,” slathered her daughters with sunscreen as usual when the Ohio family recently…



Body’s Natural Fats May Help Slow Skin’s Look of Aging

By MedHeadlines • Jun 13th, 2008 • Category: Medical Research, Prevention, Skin

A team of researchers led by Jin Ho Chung have announced the promising findings of a study of skin care formulas based on lipid molecules that seems to minimize the damage of the natural aging process and the aging appearance…



Eat Your Sunscreen! - 10 Superfoods to Lower Skin Cancer Risk

By AvoidCancerNow • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: BLOGS, Cancer, Prevention, Skin

Amidst the spring shower of sunscreen advertisements, we forget there are many ways to lower our risk of developing skin cancer. What we eat can have an impact on whether we will ever have to hear those words, “you have…



Let The Sunshine In - But How Much?

By AvoidCancerNow • May 19th, 2008 • Category: BLOGS, Cancer, Prevention, Skin

Mom always told us we needed to spend time in the sun, but watching sunscreen commercials makes us wonder if we should venture beyond the front door unless the moon is shining. Do we really need sunshine? And if so, do…



Could New Acne Treatment Cause Cancer?

By AvoidCancerNow • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Acne, BLOGS, Cancer, Headlines, Prevention, Skin

My mother always says “look beneath the skin.” Great advice from a child psychologist turned stay-at-home mom for evaluating relationships, but keen advice for evaluating well-respected journalism as well.



May Is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month - Tips To Avoid It!

By AvoidCancerNow • May 5th, 2008 • Category: BLOGS, Cancer, Lifestyle, Prevention, Skin

According to the National Cancer Institute, there will be over a million cases of non-melanoma skin cancer diagnosed in 2008. Thankfully despite this high number less than 1000 deaths are expected, but treatment and worry are considerable nonetheless. Melanoma, responsible…



The Shady Side of Sunscreen

By AvoidCancerNow • May 4th, 2008 • Category: BLOGS, Cancer, Lifestyle, Prevention, Skin

Most health care professionals advise the use of sunscreen for everyone - but unlike people, sunscreens are not all created equal. The Environmental Working Group investigated 1,015 brand name sunscreen products. Of these they found that only 25% were both safe…



Clear, Shiny Lip Gloss Ups Cancer Risk

By MedHeadlines • Apr 28th, 2008 • Category: Cancer, Lifestyle, Medical Research, Prevention, Skin, Women's Health

Dermatologist Christine Brown has noticed an increased risk of cancer in people who wear clear, shiny lip balms and glosses during exposure to the sun.  Instead of acting as a protection, as many people expect, the shiny stuff actually attracts…



Head, Neck Melanomas Most Deadly

By MedHeadlines • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: Cancer, Medical Research, Skin

Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, have recently published the result of a study conducted there that reveals a death rate in cancer patients with melanomas of the head and neck that is nearly twice as…