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How safe are spray-on sunscreens?
Friday, July 29, 2011
Parents who use spray-on sunscreen to help ensure wriggly or on-the-move children get protection from damaging UV rays, take note. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating to determine the effectiveness of spray-on sunscreens and whether they pose a health risk if they are accidentally inhaled.
… continue readingYou Docs: Add vitamin D-3 to skin cancer arsenal
Friday, July 29, 2011
THE YOU DOCS TIP OF THE DAY:
BY MICHAEL ROIZEN, M.D., AND MEHMET OZ, M.D. – KING FEATURES SYNDICATE
THE YOU DOCS TIP OF THE DAY:
You can’t slather tablets of calcium plus vitamin D-3 on your bare beach-bound shoulders, but you may want to after reading this.… continue readingGovernments being pressured into Teen Ban in Canada
Friday, July 29, 2011
It seems that the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is not happy with Bill 31 (Teen Ban) in Ontario dying June 1st at 7pm when the legislature closed for the summer. The provincial election period has now started in Ontario and it seems the Tories party will form the next majority government for Ontario in the fall.… continue reading
Tanning: Let the sunshine in
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Ever since Brigitte Bardot’s portrayal of a young girl who loves nude sunbathing in the 1956 blockbuster And God Created Woman, bronzed skin has stood for sexual allure and beauty as well as good health.
… continue readingNCI and ACS Mislead on Cancer: Book
Tuesday, July 26, 2011