Sep 8, 2006

Sun, Sun, Sun

Posted in Cancer, Health at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 2 Comments; add yours

There has been a lot of discussion over the summer as to whether we should all be getting a bit more sun to boost cancer-fighting vitamin D levels. That argument coupled with revelations that suntan creams might themselves boost the risk of skin cancer all fly in the face of the contrary view that we should be staying in the shade.

One thing the sun worshippers and those of tan-free skin …

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Aug 29, 2006

Sunscreen and skin damage

Posted in Cancer, Health at 10:18 am by David Bradley -- 2 Comments; add yours

When I first wrote about the doubts scientists were raising concerning sunscreens in Chem & Industry magazine some time in the early 1990s, it seemed that the findings would simply confuse consumers and cause a storm among manufacturers. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case, sun worshippers carried on frying themselves, slapping on only meagre amounts of purportedly protective cream, partly out of laziness and partly because it is just so expensive and manufacturers …

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Jul 6, 2006

Chemical panacea

Posted in Cancer at 9:00 pm by David Bradley -- Click to comment

Could researchers in Australia have developed a pharmaceutical panacea to beat all those herbal remedies offered in a multitude of spam emails and websites that claim to cure everything. They are working pre-clinical models of a new class of drug that could treat a range of problems from inflammation and cancer to eye and heart disease.

Certain types of skin cancers, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy are likely to be among the first uses …

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