Skin Care News

Sunscreen makers sued for misleading health claims - A consumer lawsuit filed on Thursday accuses sunscreen makers of exposing millions of people to cancer and other dangers through false and misleading claims about the effectiveness of their products.

oh wondrous science, making bacon that is actually good for you.. if this the brave new world of genetic modification then i'm a believer.

Several years ago, the Shinjuku station (east exit) blood donation site began offering manicures and hair care advice provided by specialists from the Japan Hair Science Association. Now, those services are firmly established. After the Yurakucho blood donation site began offering tarot card and palm readings last year, many repeat donors began scheduling their visits to coincide with days that fortune-telling services were offered.

As a parent you need to set an example in your daily diet and exercise. You may not think your children are noticing but they are.

Two scientists in the UK have discovered the gene that results in dry skin, causing eczema and asthma. The discovery could also wipeout asthma. The scientists working on the project were a dermatologist and a skin disorder specialist. This is onsidered a breakthrough as skin diseases are widespread, just as asthma is. Personally I am happy to learn this, as I often suffer from dry itchy skin….It’ll make me type faster here.

Virgo relates the act of physical cleansing to spiritual cleansing. Crowley writes, “For in ritual Magick, it will of course be the first care to get everything balanced and tidy” (MWT 167). Virgo teaches us that it is imperative to have your physical space in order, your head space in order and yes, your body in order with proper diet and exercise. Virgo can be labeled the hypochondriac, but when the health conscious sign is given a magical outlet, you realize why so much psychological importance is given to health and hygiene for the typical Virgo. You can’t properly practice magic rituals with a runny nose and throat infection anymore than you ought to do the LBRP in a cluttered room.

Recently, a line spoken by Red from the movie Shawshank Redemption comes to mind: “That’s all it takes really, pressure, and time.” Red was talking about Andy digging his way through a prison cell wall, slowly, one grain at a time, and eventually getting all the way through to the other side. I think he could just as well have been talking about trying to lose a large part of yourself through diet and exercise. According to my bathroom scale and the time of day, I’ve lost about 30 lbs. since mid-January. Which is really awesome; I’ve lost as much as some of the contestants on the Biggest Loser special edition shows. It is truly a challenge though, every single day. Especially at work, where there’s always someone that has treats (cake, candy, chips, etc), and it’s so damn easy to have a handful of this, or a piece of that, because I work in a very frustrating and stressful environment and food’s an easy comfort. Even if no one has treats, there are vending machines full of evil and temptation, made worse because they’re convenient when you didn’t get a chance to make a healthy lunch and snacks to take to work.

Scott is going to start working out with me beginning next month. We’re already planning our new, healthy diet and exercise plan. We have really good intentions but I wonder if we’ll be able to stick to it. We get on these kicks from time to time - especially about the meal planning - but we haven’t been particularly good about it. Maybe it’s not all about the fitness and weight loss anyway. Maybe it’s more about the fun we’ll have together making fools of ourselves in the gym lol ;~)

We - as individuals, consumers, patients - constantly engage in health tradeoffs. We forgo sunscreen because we'd like a tan, even though it increases our risk of skin cancer. We eat french fries even after a second bypass operation because a burger just isn't a burger without them. We drive seven hours to visit relatives for the holidays, rather than fly, because airplane tickets are too expensive. All of these decisions represent common enough instances in which we are willing to trade an increased probability of harm to ourselves for some other good, e.g., an attractive tan, a pleasurable meal, or some extra money in the bank.

Whilst we all know about the importance of diet and exercise, scientists are concerned that we may not be paying enough attention to getting adequate sleep.

Here is a commentary by Dr. Stephen Chaney, professor of nutrition, biochemistry and biophysics at the Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, medical school. Dr. Chaney is a warm, gracious man (yes, I know him personally ;-) ) and a cancer researcher who has published 80 papers in peer-reviewed medical journals as well as two chapters on nutrition for one of the leading biochemistry textbooks for medical students. His informed perspective is always helpful in separating fact from fiction in the news reports about supplements and dietary recommendations.

It feels like I was in sunny Florida for a Minnesota Minute. Things are fabulous there and I arrived home last night. Immediately, dry skin has taken me over.