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Burns and Scalds
Image via Wikipedia Definition: Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Scalds are a type of burn caused by a hot liquid or steam. Description:...
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Age spots (liver spots)
Definition Also called liver spots and solar lentigines, age spots are flat, gray, brown or black spots. They vary in size and usually appear on the face, hands, shoulders and arms — areas most exposed...
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When Should You Go Out in the Sun?
New research shows that to get an optimal vitamin D supplement from the sun at a minimal risk of getting cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM), the best time of sun exposure is noon. …………………………. That...
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Melanoma
Definition: Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes which are found predominantly in skin but also in the bowel and the eye (see uveal melanoma). It is one of the rarer types of skin cancer but...
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Enzyme that Reverses Sun Damage Discovered
Humans lack a key enzyme found in many animals and plants that reverses severe sun damage. For the first time, researchers have witnessed how this enzyme works at the atomic level to repair sun-damaged...
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Older People ‘Miss Skin Cancer Signs’
Older people are less likely to get skin changes checked by a doctor, leading to a steep rise in cancer deaths, say researchers. The East of England Cancer Registry reports that deaths from melanoma...
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Definition: Wrinkles are a natural part of aging. As you grow older, your skin gets thinner, drier and less elastic. And it becomes less able to protect itself from damage. As a result, wrinkles, lines...
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Soaking in the sun
Elena Conis gives an account of the rise and fall of sunlight therapy: Sun-tanned skin may be in vogue now, but for thousands of years it was a thing to be avoided. The wealthy in many northern...
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