Many popular gyms offer unhealthy indoor tanning
(Reuters Health) – More than three-quarters of commercial gyms surveyed offered tanning beds, undermining public health warnings about the dangers of indoor tanning, according to a study of three of…
Hair care issues may keep some black women from exercising
(Reuters Health) – Primary care providers often don’t realize that hair care can be a barrier to regular exercise for some black women, a new study suggests. Hair care routines…
‘Extreme grooming’ not linked to STIs
(Reuters Health) – Researchers say women who frequently remove most or all of their pubic hair are no more likely to contract chlamydia or gonorrhea than women who don’t practice…
Many dermatologists need more training on African American skin and hair
(Reuters Health) – When dermatologists have training only with Caucasians, it can lead to frustration and poor care for African American patients, a new U.S. study finds. Researchers who set…
Poorer kids may have less shade in their schoolyards
(Reuters Health) – Elementary schools with the greatest proportions of poor children may have the least amount of shade in their schoolyards where kids spend their recess, a new U.S.…
Hairdressers are willing to help customers detect skin cancers
(Reuters Health) – Most hair stylists at salons and barber shops may be interested in getting trained to detect skin cancers on the scalp, face and neck, researchers say. Since…
Toxic seaweed a menace to Caribbean tourists
Tourists to the Caribbean may not realize that a brown drifting seaweed that’s been piling up on beaches in recent years is dangerous, researchers say. Travelers and doctors alike should…
Smokers have more complications after skin cancer surgery
(Reuters Health) – Complications after skin cancer surgery may be more common in smokers and former smokers, a U.S. study suggests. FILE PHOTO: A smoker places a cigarette stub on…
Some women don’t heed warnings of acne drug danger during pregnancy conception
(Reuters Health) – It’s long been known that the highly effective acne medication isotretinoin – marketed as Accutane and Roaccutane – is tied to the risk of severe birth defects.…
Most face transplant patients continue to report better quality of life
(Reuters Health) – Doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston say most of the face transplant patients they have been following for about five years are continuing to show…