In the News
Why some common drugs and the sun don’t mix
Thursday, June 11, 2009
By Darla Carter dcarter@courier-journal.com
Add this to the list of reasons it’s good to know the potential side effects of the medications you’re taking: Some drugs can increase your skin’s sensitivity to the sun. The problem, which can lead to a nasty sunburn or itchy, red rash, isn’t limited to summer.… continue reading
Shining some light on tanning bed controversy
Friday, June 5, 2009
By Melanie Vanderveer Pocono Record Writer
The controversy around the use of tanning beds may never go away. Some say it is all right for limited use; others say it is never all right. Even though summer is finally upon us, there is no guarantee that the sun will shine every day.… continue reading
Sunlight Benefits Psoriasis Sufferers
Friday, June 5, 2009
By Dr. John Briffa
Vitamin D is made in the skin in response to sunlight, so one question we might ask is whether vitamin D might also somehow promote skin health. One piece of indirect evidence that supports this concept relates to the experience that many sufferers of the skin condition psoriasis have in the sun.… continue reading
How Safe Is Sunscreen?
Friday, June 5, 2009
Susan MacVittie Green Muze – Salt Spring Island,British Columbia,Canada
Sunscreen has been touted for several decades as an essential protector from the sun’s burning rays and the advent of skin cancer, but some Canadian dermatologists say incidence rates for all types of skin cancer have doubled in the last 20 years.… continue reading
Teens And Tans
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Health Unit Works With Area High School Students to Change Teen Attitudes Towards Tanning ‘You’re not a piece of meat. Why act like one?’ These words appear on a poster, above a picture of a hamburger under a heat lamp. This poster, created with the input of high school students in Cobourg and Haliburton County, compares “cooked meat” to what young people are doing to their bodies when they insist on tanning, says Public Health Nurse Karen Taylor.… continue reading
