Healthier sunscreens

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Everything in moderation is a totally appropriate saying when it comes to the sun.  Our skin needs exposure to the sun to make that vital Vitamin D which is essential for healthy bones and teeth,  immune system and cognitive function – pretty important!  Yet we have been receiving a message for years that too much [...]

Skin cancer rates high in UK

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Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world (possibly matched by their neighbour, New Zealand).   In the UK where we don’t have the same amount of sun we have double the amount of deaths due to skin cancer (although we have a much larger population).  See related article: Healthier Sunscreens. • Two [...]

Photo-dynamic therapy – gentler cancer treatment

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 ‘With PDT you don’t suffer skin burns. You don’t have your hair falling out. Your white blood cells aren’t destroyed, so your immune system stays intact and allows you to fight off all the other bugs,’ according to Chris Tarrant. Just recently Jean Pringle from Bishop Auckland was dying from mouth cancer. She was unlikely [...]

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