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Fogging up sunscreen safety
HealthThe good folks at WebMD have a report that brings together two items that are near and dear to my heart: protecting your skin during the warm months and confusing, conflicting medical news. What could be confusing about preventing sunburns? It turns out,... -
Keep dogs safe in summertime
Animal Crazy - Orlando SentinelWe have a few reminders from American Kennel Club Canine Partners about summertime hazards for dogs and how to avoid them. Keep cool. When heat and humidity are making you uncomfortable, chances are that your dog is suffering too and is becoming... -
Sunscreen or Smoke Screen?
Tribune reporterCrystal Lake, Illinois' Peggy Lim has a healthy respect for the sun's powerful ultraviolet rays, and on a recent shopping trip she agonized over choosing a sunscreen for her three children. "I've always heard the higher the SPF (sun protection factor)...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Hospitals and Clinics, California, Henry Ford, Research
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Sunscreen or smoke screen?
Crystal Lake's Peggy Lim has a healthy respect for the sun's powerful ultraviolet rays, and on a recent shopping trip she agonized over choosing a sunscreen for her three children.
"I've always heard the higher the SPF (sun protection factor) the better,...Tags: National Institutes of Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Henry Ford, Health, Research
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma
HealthKey.com contributorSquamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is caused by changing cells. It can occur anywhere in the body but appears most often in areas that have had frequent sun exposure: ears, lower lip, face, scalp, neck, hands, arms and legs. Stages: From Easily Curable to...Tags: Chemosurgery, Skin Cancer Foundation, Surgery, Cryosurgery, Cancer
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Tanning tax gets partly sunny reaction
A 10% tanning bed tax hasn't deterred people with a hankering for golden-brown skin, salon owners said, but it is changing how they go about getting it. Passed in December as part of the federal government's health-care-reform act, the indoor sun bed...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Medical Services, Health, State Budgets
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Recipe for D-Ficiency
McClatchy NewspapersIf the sun burned out and all the cows died, pretty soon we'd all be walking around with rickets. Happily, the sun is still shining - that's pretty much a given in this heat - and the pastures are still populated with grazing bovines. But rickets is...Tags: Plastic Surgeons, National Institutes of Health, Skin Cancer Foundation, Colleges and Universities, Sun-Damaged Skin
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10 Facts About Sunscreen
McClatchy/Tribune NewsWill sunscreens protect me? They can help, the FDA says. But take their label claims with a large grain of salt. The FDA has been trying since 1999 to get sunscreen makers to stop using what it calls "unsupported, absolute and/or misleading and confusing...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, National Institutes of Health, Health, Skin Damage, Education
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Sun-Kissed Kids?
HealthKey.com contributor"Mom, dad, can I go out and play?" How many times have you heard that? Even from an early age, kids love to spend time outdoors. Unfortunately, 54 percent of children burn or tan in their second summer, and 22 percent burn in their first, according to the...Tags: Skin Cancer Foundation, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Family, Happiness (state of mind), Mole (lesion)
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The Many Types of Skin Cancer
Chicago TribuneAs a sun lover with a fair complexion and a history of blistering sunburns, I've spent much of the last decade waiting for skin cancer. So when I noticed that a fleshy pink nodule on the side of my head seemed to be growing exponentially, I headed to...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Northwestern University, Chemotherapy
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