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To tan or not to tan – that is the question. Given the long-standing prejudice against ‘people of color’ – it’s ironic that people without much color to their skin risk their health to acquire more. And now it turns out that the cancer-causing damage done to the skin through exposure to the sun – which begins a second after you step outside your door for an innocent, unprotected stroll on a beautiful day – continues even hours after the exposure has ended.
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MORE Odd cures (or preventatives, anyway): The combined effects of exercise plus caffeine consumption may be able to ward off skin cancer.
Chemical biologist Yao-Ping Lu says, "We found that this combination treatment can decrease sunlight-caused skin cancer formation in a mouse model. believe we may extrapolate these findings to humans and anticipate that we would benefit from these combination treatments as well."
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Driving a car can be dangerous?and not just for the reasons you think! Drivers who spend a lot of time in their cars might find themselves developing future skin cancers, especially on the left side of their faces. This is because of cost-cutting measures in automobile design.
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