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Sun is bad - More or less does not matter!

Sun, and exposure for a long time to its ultraviolet rays, has alway...German scientists has shown that even moderate sun exposure can result in moles that may develop into melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Exposure to s...

Way out of winter depression

...ing winter depression. The therapy, which involves exposure to bright light from a specially designed box, hel...t outdoors just after dawn or before sunlight. The exposure needed for a therapeutic effect varies from 15 minutes to two hours a day. SAD, whether mild or seve...

Melanoma caused by low DNA repair capacity

...ous research studies that the risk is increased by exposure to sunlight, whose UV rays cause damage to DNA that triggers cancer. However, it has not been clear why some people are more prone than others to melanoma. Researchers have now found out through a study involving a group of 312 people with melanoma t...

Safety of soy under suspicion

... continued eating it. These results indicated that exposure in the womb and during breast feeding has the biggest impact. The researchers also found that the male rats exposed to genistein had a slightly large thymus gland, an organ that produces immune cells. They also found that moderate levels of genistein...

Suicide reduced by anti-depressants

...cide occurrence in the age groups with the highest exposure to antidepressants. However doctors still argue that, it is the medical treatment, and not necessarily the use of anti-depressants that reduces suicide....

Scientists review SARS

...al College in Londonsuggested that the period from exposure to the SARSvirus to the onset of symptoms might be about fourdays longer than the current upper limit of 10 days.The consensus of the participants was that the 10-dayincubation period was correct but that epidemiologistsneeded to further study few ca...

Traffic pollution linked to severe asthma attacks

...ommon cold virus. Researchers have discovered that exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) from vehicle exhaust exacerbates the attacks. NO2 is common but the main sources indoors are //gas stoves and, outdoors, traffic pollution. With up to 150 million people worldwide suffering from asthma and cases expected to...

Childhood Sunburn Can Lead to Skin Cancer Later

...ated to sun exposure, and up to 80 percent of that exposure usually occurs during childhood. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 54,000 new cases of melanoma skin cancer will be diagnosed in 2003, and some 7,600 new deaths will occur from this disease this year. One way to protect your child...

Different Sun Rays, Different Damage

...iversity of California, the most dangerous kind of exposure comes from UVB rays, which have shorter wavelength...nd are primarily responsible for sunburn. Repeated exposure to UVB over a lifetime can alter the immune system and can lead to melanoma and basal and squamous c...

How to Save Your Skin From Sunburn

...rn that the long-term consequences of too much sun exposure can be skin cancer, the short-term effects can be blazingly clear to anyone who's spent a day basking on the beach. Characterized by bright, red skin that is sensitive, if not painful, to the touch, sunburn is a sure, almost immediate sign that you d...

Banning Smoking in the Home Helps Infants

Banning smoking in the home limits infants' exposure to tobacco smoke. Infant exposure to environmental tobacco smoke increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, and other...

Bowel diseases linked to bug in milk

.... It believed precautionary action to reduce human exposure to MAP should start now and not depend on a link with disease in humans to be proved or disproved....

Sunshine Reduces MS Risk

...it may also reduce the risk of disease. Higher sun exposure during childhood and early adolescence is associat...mage were linked to a decreased risk of MS. Higher exposure in winter seemed more important than higher exposure in summer. For the study, higher exposure was d...

Estrogen in Food Reduces Cancer Risk

...ment of endometrial cancer is related to prolonged exposure to estrogens without exposure to progesterone. Phytoestrogens are oestrogen-like compounds which occur naturally //in many plants ...

Alcohol and Sun Don’t Mi

...tle behavioral changes that could decrease further exposure to UV light and additional skin damage. Sunburn could do more than cause pain. Sunburn can be a costly injury. Of the 38 respondents five men missed nine days of work and one woman missed eight days because of sunburn within the year before the stud...

Teen brain changes increase cigarette addiction

...row up. "The results indicate that early nicotine exposure can leave a lasting imprint on the brain," says Levin. "The brain continues to develop throughout the teenage years. Early nicotine use may cause the wiring of the brain to [develop] inappropriately."...

Girls Hit Tanning Booths More Than Boys

... of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. "Repeated exposure to UV rays, such as those absorbed during indoor tanning, can cause skin cancer and premature aging of the skin. The majority of teens do not have an appreciation of the risk of skin cancers, scars from surgeries to try and remove them, mottled pigme...

Does Radiation Cause Lung Cancer?

...hest wall and lungs. Some studies have hinted such exposure could lead to greater risk of lung cancer, but little specific research exists to confirm those findings....

False beliefs could cost cancer patients their lives

...oking causes lung cancer but instead maintain that exposure to some environmental chemical must be the cause. "Another one we hear is 'I smoke and therefore if I am going to get cancer. It is all predetermined and therefore if I stop smoking it won't do any good,"' he added. "We know that stopping smoking do...

Prevention of Rickets

...plementation and children and mothers get less sun exposure because of concerns about skin cancer. Doctors als...that accompanies puberty is finished. Moderate sun exposure will also help....

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