Add California to the growing number of states that has banned or severely curtailed the sale of skin care products like sunscreen containing benzophenone. Benzophenone is often used as a preservative in these types of products but has been linked to reproductive toxicity and cancer. A number of widely available studies have shown that many … Read more
Watch for Benzophenone in your Sunscreen
November 19th, 2012 | Posted by in Illness | Prevention | Products | Sunscreen - (0 Comments)Strawberries Can Help Protect Skin From Ultraviolet Radiation
August 23rd, 2012 | Posted by in Prevention | Skin Cancer | Sunscreen - (0 Comments)Who knew fruit could provide external benefits to your body as well as being good for the inside? Well, a team of Italian and Spanish scientists recently discovered that by adding a strawberry extract to skin cell cultures they were able to protect the samples from ultraviolet radiation as well as reducing any DNA damage … Read more
Spray Tans Unhealthy if Inhaled
June 20th, 2012 | Posted by in Cancer | Prevention | Skin Cancer | Sunscreen | Tanning | Teen - (0 Comments)What most people deem as a safe and healthier alternative to baking in a tanning bed might also offer dangers of its own. According to a panel of experts who reviewed a vast amount of scientific studies and documents, the active ingredient in spray tan solutions, dihydroxyacetone (DHA), has the potential to cause DNA damage … Read more
How much Vitamin D do you need?
June 4th, 2012 | Posted by in Drug Facts | Illness | Prevention | Sunscreen | Vitamins - (0 Comments)Humans require vitamin D for healthy living. Too little vitamin D results in soft bones in children (rickets) and fragile, misshapen bones in adults (osteomalacia). You also need vitamin D for other important body functions. Vitamin D deficiency has now been linked to breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, heart disease, depression, weight gain, and … Read more
Teens should Tweet this: Tanning is out!
May 22nd, 2012 | Posted by in Anti-aging | Cancer | Skin Cancer | Sunscreen | Tanning - (0 Comments)Despite all of today’s teens “texting” and tweeting out their latest escapades, there is one message that they don’t seem to be broadcasting. The missed message is that tanning is not what they think it is and can have long-lasting effects on their skin and health. A new survey conducted by American Academy of Dermatology … Read more
FDA postpones sunscreen labeling rules
May 14th, 2012 | Posted by in Cancer | Prevention | Skin Cancer | Sunscreen - (0 Comments)It seems the confusion regarding which sunscreen to use will continue longer as the FDA has delayed enforcement of rules designed to possibly ease confusion among consumers about which product offers the most protection. Last summer the FDA ordered manufacturers to comply by this July with regulations requiring them to to make clear how much … Read more
Utah tanning salons not truthful about dangers
May 14th, 2012 | Posted by in Cancer | Prevention | Skin Cancer | Sunscreen | Tanning | Teen - (0 Comments)With May being Melanoma awareness month and the fact that the Utah Legislature just passed a law requiring parents to accompany children under 18 to a tanning appointment, it is disconcerting that a recent ABC Channel 4 investigation discovered that local tanning salons are downplaying the damaging effects of their beds. In fact, the investigation … Read more
Tanning Salon Industry Full of Lies and Misinformation
February 3rd, 2012 | Posted by in Prevention | Skin Cancer | Sunscreen | Tanning | Teen - (0 Comments)With the report this week by ABC’s Diane Sawyer that “there are more tanning salons in America than there are Starbucks” you’d expect that the Government, namely Congress, would want to poke around the burgeoning industry and check for safety. And two years ago, after a full scale investigation into the thriving tanning salon business, … Read more
New report reveals Sandy has highest cancer rate in Utah
December 9th, 2011 | Posted by in Prevention | Skin Cancer | Sunscreen | Tanning - (0 Comments)Last week, the Utah Department of Health released a report stating that the highest rate of melanoma, breast and colorectal cancer cases in the state were found in Sandy, the southern suburb of Salt Lake City with 90,000 residents. But the bad news is not isolated to Sandy as the report goes on to reveal … Read more
Are you ready to run?
November 11th, 2010 | Posted by in Anti-aging | Prevention | Skin Cancer | Sunscreen - (0 Comments)Fall is marathon season! Whether you’re running in New York City (November 7), Death Valley (December 4), or Honolulu (December 12), you share certain habits: You support your feet with well-fitting sneakers. You keep hydrated. Maybe you wear knee braces or wrap your ankles. But do you protect your skin from the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) … Read more
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