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(10/11. Daily Mail U.K.) Faddish fishy pedicures could spread diseases such as Hepatitis C and HIV. According to officials from the Health Protection Agency, this increasingly popular treatment puts users at risk. Although they concede the risk level is low, they emphasize that it is real. This unique treatment features dozens of little fish […]
(11/11. Daily Mail U.K.) The concept of food acting as medicine is not new. There have been some anecdotal reports coming in from psoriasis sufferers who reported improvement in their condition after following a diet to reduce inflammation, which is suggested to decrease their disease’s pathology of over-producing skin cells. The diet consisted of oily […]
(Washington Times, New York Post, Journal of the American Academy of Medicine – 3/7/13) Dr. C. Adigun, with the New York University School of Medicine, warned that the fad of replacing nail polish with the quick-hardening gel manicure could result in skin cancer. The risk of skin cancer is due to the UV light that […]
(Pediatrics 2/25/13) Missouri has no tanning laws. It seems a majority of tanning salons there would allow children as young as the age of ten years to tan because there are no legal restrictions against doing so. Investigators at the Washington University of Medicine randomly selected 243 tanning salons in Missouri to study. 65 percent […]
(Health Day 5/10). According to an AAD poll of 3,800 white females, aged 14-22, reported 43 percent of the young tanners were never warned about the dangers of tanning beds by salon employees. Three out of ten stated there were no warning labels on the equipment. *** HMMM, I THOUGHT SUCH PLACES WOULD HAVE LEGAL […]
MAINE LAWMAKERS CONSIDER BANNING INDOOR TANNING FOR MINORS Maine would become the third state to ban children under 18 from using tanning beds. California and Vermont have already passed this law. Current law in Maine allows minors to use tanning beds if they present a consent form signed by their parents. Groups supporting the new […]
