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Protection with a price
Sunscreen can help prevent those painful episodes of childhood sunburn, a risk factor for skin cancer later in life. But although sunscreen is recommended for infants older than six months by everyone from the National Institutes of Health to the American...Tags: Metal, Health Organizations, American Academy of Pediatrics, Health, Services and Shopping
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Oregon lawmakers advance ban on young teen tanning
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Across the nation, lawmakers are debating where to draw the line on young teen tanning, considering proposals that would make it illegal to expose minors to ultraviolet rays from sunlamps. Those who support such a ban say the...
Tags: Elections, Justice System, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics, Skin Cancer
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Tanning parlors may misinform clients about risks
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tanning facilities often given inconsistent or incorrect information about the risks associated with indoor tanning and may let kids as young as 10 or 12 tan, according to a new study from Missouri. Although the U.S. Food...Tags: Research, Litigation and Regulation, Bronx (New York City), Medical Specialization, Pediatrics
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Peeking behind the sunscreen
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, until you...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Crystal Lake, Henry Ford, Chicago Tribune, Dermatology
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How to protect the scalp from skin cancer
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAs summer heats up, we've learned to slather SPF 15 or higher all over our bodies and faces in an effort to prevent sun damage and skin cancer. We've also been told to recite our ABCs when checking for unusual moles: asymmetry, border irregularity and...Tags: Physical Conditions, Health, Elections, Melanin, Mole (lesion)
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SPF inflation in the sunscreen aisle
Los Angeles TimesSomething strange is happening in the sunscreen aisle. Shelves that had been stocked with bottles claiming an SPF, or a sun protection factor, of 30 now trumpet SPFs of 55, 70, even "110+." This not-so-subtle escalation often comes with corollary pricing....Tags: Health Organizations, Dermatology, Health, Los Angeles Times, Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure
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Does your hair need a summer intervention?
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSummer can play havoc on the hair with prolonged exposure to the sun, seawater and chlorine as well as the inevitable perspiration and humidity that accompany the season. "It's important to always keep the hair hydrated; deep condition at least weekly,"...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Dietary Supplements, Personal Service, Health and Beauty Products, Aveda Corp.
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That unhealthy glow
Tanning was as much a part of Lindsay Walsh's teenage social life as talking on the phone.
Two or three times a week — more for special occasions — she and her friends would hit the salons, beckoned by their posters of bronzed, beautiful...Tags: Human Body, Health Organizations, Health and Medical Professionals, Mole (lesion), Medical Research
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Anderson Cooper blinded by sunburn to the eye
Anderson Cooper recently shared a picture of himself on Instagram with a patch over one of his eyes after he was blinded while on assignment off the coast of Portugal. The CNN host said UV light bounced off the water and burned his eye, resulting in 36...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Hospitals and Clinics, Anderson Cooper, Blindness, Physical Conditions
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Banana Boat Sunscreen Recalled For Fire Risk
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A product that's supposed to protect consumers from sunburns is being recalled over a fire risk. As many as four people have been burned after using Banana Boat Ultra Mist products, according to a press release from Energizer...Tags: Energizer Holdings Incorporated, Consumers
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Viewpoint: October's promise
She said we should probably take the house off the market now that the weather was cooling and wasn’t it great that we lived in Imperial Valley and how lucky we were that no one bought it in August (there was one sale in El Centro to an air...Tags: Halloween, USA Today, Columbus Day, Frosty the Snowman (fictional character)
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Shave off years, with a little help
YOU look just like your father, they tell you. Hey, not so fast. Though most men realize that certain signs of aging are inevitable, more are doing what women have done for years -- putting the brakes on looking older. And they're seeking cosmetic medical...Tags: Hair and Nails, University of Miami, Agricultural Research and Technology, Physical Conditions, University of California, Los Angeles
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