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Sunscreens and Cancer

International Health News - Your Gateway to Better Health Review of the evidence linking the use of sunscreens to an increased risk of melanoma and skin cancer SUNSCREENS AND CANCER by Hans R. Larsen, MSc ChE In 1991 Professor Johan Moan of the Norwegian Cancer Institute made an astounding discovery ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/rsunscreens.htm 03/27/04, 22436 bytes

Do sunscreens promote melanoma?

Do sunscreens promote melanoma? MILAN, ITALY. Conventional medical wisdom has it that the liberal use of sunscreens helps prevent skin cancer and melanoma. Several researchers have challenged this assumption. Scientists from three European cancer research institutes now report a clear association between ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a88f.htm 03/02/04, 4976 bytes

Sunscreens and melanoma

Sunscreens and melanoma MILAN, ITALY. There is growing evidence that the use of sunscreens tends to increase the time spent in the sun, thereby possibly increasing the risk of cutaneous melanoma. A team of researchers from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer now reports that ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a109l.htm 03/02/04, 4294 bytes

International Health News Editorial – August 2001

EDITORIAL – AUGUST 2001 At this time of the year I receive numerous enquiries concerning the use of sunscreens. The "official" advice given by dermatologists and other physicians is still that sunlight should be avoided as much as possible and sunscreens should be slathered on as thickly as possible ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/e116.htm 03/02/04, 4377 bytes

International Health News Letter to the Editor – August 2001

LETTER TO THE EDITOR – AUGUST 2001 I have just finished reading your article on sunscreens and skin cancer and I have to admit I was absolutely shocked at the things I have found out. I have a young child who has been playing outside quite a bit and I have taken quite a few of the precautions that ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/l116c.htm 03/02/04, 3831 bytes

Nothing wrong with a healthy tan

... tan BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM. For years the medical establishment has been bombarding the public with advice to stay out of the sun, slather on sunscreen, and in general consider the sun as an enemy rather than as a friend. Fortunately, the public has been slow to accept this message and most people ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a94c.htm 03/02/04, 4409 bytes

NEWSBRIEF – NOVEMBER 2000

NEWSBRIEF - Safety of sunscreens questioned. There is growing evidence that the widespread use of sunscreens may actually increase the risk of skin cancer because it encourages people to stay out in the sun longer. Now Norwegian researchers report that 90 per cent of all sunscreens on the market contain ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/n107e.htm 03/02/04, 3052 bytes

NEWSBRIEF – JUNE 2001

NEWSBRIEF - Sunscreens implicated in cancer Researchers at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Zurich warn that many of the active components in sunscreens (benzophenone-3, octyl-methoxycinnamate, and octyl-dimethyl-PABA, etc.) behave like estrogen and make cancer cells ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/n114f.htm 03/02/04, 2906 bytes

Green tea extract protects against sunburn

... was also found to protect against damaging UVA radiation. The researchers point out that the extract acts in a manner quite different from that of sunscreens. They conclude that green tea extracts may prove to be a valuable new alternative for protection from UV radiation. NOTE: This study was partially ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a112i.htm 03/02/04, 4604 bytes

Is our average vitamin D intake woefully inadequate?

... about sun exposure most people expose only their face and hands to the sun on a regular basis and as a result become woefully deficient. The use of sunscreens prevents the formation of any vitamin D at all and makes matters even worse. A vitamin D deficiency is not only heavily implicated in osteoporosis ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a91a.htm 03/02/04, 4558 bytes