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The skin we’re in
Monday, July 29, 2013
Skin color, it turns out, is little more than adaptation in action continue reading
Wear Your Vegetables: Could Broccoli Hold the Key to Skin Cancer Prevention?
Thursday, July 25, 2013
"Sulforaphane is the kind of compound that has so many incredible theoretical applications if the dosage is measured properly," Dr. Dickinson said. "We already know that it is very effective in blocking sunburns, and we have seen cases where it can induce protective enzymes in the skin." continue reading
New review on vitamin D and athletic performance
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
I discovered the Russians and East Germans used tanning beds on their elite athletes from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. Are you old enough to remember how the Russians and East Germans dominated international sports between the late 1950s and mid 1980s? continue reading
Sunlight as Pain Medication
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
This study shouldn’t come as any surprise, though we humans like to have these kinds of ‘stats’ to please our logical minds and give ourselves the ‘okay’ to let the sunshine in, when otherwise we may not. In all cases across the board, the sun is proving to be more of a healer than anything else. continue reading
Psoriasis and cancer risk
Friday, July 19, 2013
Severe psoriasis linked to increased risk American researchers from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, have found that people with a severe form of the skin disease psoriasis are at increased risk of some types of skin cancer and cancers of the lymphatic system – the body system that produces specialised white blood cells to help fight disease.
JCTA Note: could the reason be they take patients to burning levels of UV light? Where Sunbeds don't? continue reading
