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Scratching the surface: Engineers examine UV effects on skin mechanics

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Stanford's Department of Materials Science and Engineering are using models derived in mechanical labs to look closer at how ultraviolet radiation changes the protective ...

Medical research created Oct 05, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Silibinin, found in milk thistle, protects against UV-induced skin cancer

A pair of University of Colorado Cancer Center studies published this month show that the milk thistle extract, silibinin, kills skin cells mutated by UVA radiation and protects against damage by UVB radiation – thus protecting ...

Cancer created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New findings break tanning misconceptions: 'There is no such thing as a safe tan'

A new study conducted by GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) researchers Edward C. De Fabo, Ph.D., Frances P. Noonan, Ph.D., and Anastas Popratiloff, M.D., Ph.D., has been published in the journal Nature Communications. Their ...

Cancer created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Human skin begins tanning in seconds, and here's how

We all know that human skin tans after days spent in the sun. That relatively slow process has known links to ultraviolet (and specifically UVB) exposure, which leads to tanning only after it damages the DNA of skin cells. ...

Cancer created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

More evidence that caffeine lowers risk of skin cancer

There might be a time when instead of just drinking that morning cup of coffee you lather it on your skin as a way of preventing harmful sun damage or skin cancer.

Cancer created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Targeting PTEN may prevent skin cancer

Scientists believe they have identified a role for PTEN, a known tumor suppressor, in removing DNA damage derived from UVB radiation, a known risk factor for non-melanoma skin cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Re ...

Cancer created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lack of 'gatekeeper' protein linked to skin cancer

New research from North Carolina State University shows that a "gatekeeper" protein plays an important role in skin-cancer prevention in humans and lab mice.

Cancer created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pain is not one-dimensional, researchers say

Pain is not one-dimensional but a combination of inflammatory reactions as well as of processes in the central nervous system and memory cells. This is the result of a current study by pain researchers at ...

Medical research created May 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study reveals novel mechanism by which UVA contributes to photoaging of skin

A study conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) provides new evidence that longwave ultraviolet light (UVA) induces a protein that could result in premature skin aging. The findings demonstrate ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sunlight may help ward off rheumatoid arthritis in women

Regular exposure to sunlight—specifically ultraviolet B (UVB)—may reduce the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, indicates a large long term study published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Screening the sun: We still need to cover up, researchers say

(Medical Xpress)—Covering up and staying out of the sun for prolonged periods of time, especially in the middle of the day, is still the best way to protect ourselves from damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation, ...

Cancer created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Preventing the skin cancer, not just the sunburn

(Medical Xpress) -- With the first day of spring just one week away, anyone who spends time in the sun should be aware of new sunscreen regulations designed to help prevent skin cancer.

Cancer created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UK advice on sun creams 'not in the interests of public health,' warns DTB

The strength of sun cream recently recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to stave off sunburn is far too low and "not in the interests of public health," warns the Drug and Therapeutics Bu ...

Health created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0