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What kind of lip balms or glosses do you use? You may want to stay away from the shiny ones as they may attract ultraviolet rays (UV rays of the sun) and thereby increase the rtisk of skin cancer.
Such were the findings of Dr. Christine Brown, a dermatologist at at Baylor University Medical Center […]
After removal of several cancerous moles (one right under his right eye), Ewan McGregor is reportedly fine.
“I went to see a specialist who thought they were better to be removed, and indeed he was correct,” he said.
McGregor, who is promoting the erotic thriller Deception, insisted the surgery was “not that big of a deal”.
The star […]
Anderson Cooper recently had a skin cancer scare. Yup. That Anderson Cooper!
U.S. television journalist Anderson Cooper reveals on his Web site that he had a “small spot” of skin cancer removed from his face this week.
“I’ve been off for the last couple of days,” the CNN news presenter wrote on his blog Wednesday morning.
“I had […]
Mole and melanoma are both melanocytes that turn separate ways when given the same genetic mutation: one stops growing turning into a benign mole while the other gets out of control developing into melanoma.
Melanoma is a cancer that develops from pigment-producing cells in the skin called melanocytes – thereby can be deadly.
Now, researchers at the […]
Grey’s Anatomy’s Dr. Mark “McSteamy” Sloan, Eric Dane himself has his own real life story to tell about a scary brush with skin cancer.
Dane opens up to OK! Magazine about his battle with skin cancer:
The actor first noticed a problem while looking in the mirror, at what he first thought were chapped lips.
“I went to […]
In cancer, sometimes I wonder which one’s gotta give. Less of something may reduce risk of one cancer but will increase risk of another cancer type.
Like sunlight. It is already a given that more exposure to its bad rays will most likely give you skin cancer. And now, the lack of it may increase the […]
Low to moderate amounts of caffeine together with exercise have been found to protect against the destructive effects of the sun’s ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation - known to induce skin cancer: the caffeine and exercise seemingly conspire in killing off precancerous cells whose DNA has been damaged by UVB-rays.
Such were the findings of a research team […]
Melanoma – the most serious form of skin cancer - is described as black or black-blue, ugly-looking, abnormal mole-like shape.
As long as it is diagnosed and treated early, it can still be controlled easily as long as the cancer cells have not grown downward to the skin surface yet for it to invade healthy tissues.
However, […]
On a separate occasion, I mentioned Curecumin™ as treatment for prostate cancer.
Curecumin™ - a product of Bioponic Phytoceuticals, Inc. – is a Bioresonant Phytotherapeutic® form of curcumin in a liquid delivery system.
Now, a recent study has identified Curecumin™ as a possible important treatment against skin cancer.
“The diet-derived cancer preventive agent, curcumin, inhibits skin cancer cell […]
Black raspberries could be the next treatment against sunburn and skin cancer.
Topical compound made of black raspberries has been found to significantly slow the growth of squamous cell carcinomas of the skin in mice exposed to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation.
Ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation is the most dangerous light in the solar spectrum; it inflames the […]
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Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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