5 Reasons Men Need to Visit the Doctor
An American Academy of Family Physicians survey found that more than half of men—55 percent—hadn’t seen their M.D. in the previous year. It seems that men are babies when it comes to visiting the...
View ArticleTanning Beds to Blame for Early Onset Skin Cancer
Warnings against sun exposure have overshadowed the risk of skin cancer caused by tanning beds. Indoor tanning beds were officially classified as a human carcinogen in 2009 as are cigarettes and...
View ArticleMelanoma Risk Reduced With Vitamin A
Vitamin A may guard against melanoma, especially in women. This is great news for those who at risk to skin cancer due to genetics or lifestyle, offering another tool in the arsenal against cancer....
View ArticleOncologists Call For An End To Tanning Beds
Skin cancers constitute nearly half of all new cancers in the United States, with more than 3.5 million new cases annually. In the past 3 decades, melanoma-related mortality has risen in the United...
View ArticleStraight Talk About The Dangers Of Tanning
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Summer is just around the corner and the temptation to tan is, too. Whether tanning salon or natural rays it seems that you...
View ArticleSunscreen Primer
Everything you needed to know about sunscreen with guidelines from the FDA. The news has been confusing in the past but the FDA is offering new rules to ensure that we get the protection we need and...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Aspirin May Be Effective In Reducing Skin Cancer
Aspirin therapy for skin cancer has been suggested by a recent study to reduce the incidence of some skin cancers. Study researcher, Sigrún Alba Jóhannesdóttir of Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark...
View ArticleSunscreen Gets A Boost From Skin Saving Foods
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Colorful peppers, tomatoes and watermelon aren’t just summer treats, they actually protect your skin from the harsh effects of the sun.
View ArticleA Wristband That Lets You Know When You’ve Had Enough Sun
Free Image Courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net New technology enables a disposable wristband to read the amount of ultraviolet ( UV ) radiation to which you are being exposed. In addition to sunscreen,...
View ArticleThe Dark Side Of Energy Efficient Light Bulbs
Free Image Courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net Researchers from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, last month, showed in a paper that tiny defects in the bulbs can let through UV light...
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