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			<title><![CDATA[How to protect the scalp from skin cancer]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-07-24 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As summer heats up, we've learned to slather SPF 15 or higher all over our bodies and faces in an effort to prevent sun damage and skin cancer. We've also been told to recite our ABCs when checking for unusual moles: asymmetry, border irregularity and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Your Stylist: All-natural skin brightening treatments]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-09-26 16:32:13</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As summer heats up, we've learned to slather SPF 15 or higher all over our bodies and faces in an effort to prevent sun damage and skin cancer. We've also been told to recite our ABCs when checking for unusual moles: asymmetry, border irregularity and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Science tackles your tan]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-10-15 16:35:13</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As summer heats up, we've learned to slather SPF 15 or higher all over our bodies and faces in an effort to prevent sun damage and skin cancer. We've also been told to recite our ABCs when checking for unusual moles: asymmetry, border irregularity and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Transhumans in space]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2007-10-05 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Today, Hickam and Simberg debate genetic solutions to the challenges of long-term space travel. Previously they discussed the grudge match between private space entrepreneurs and the federal space agency, examined the moon and Mars for signs of human life...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beauty and the Bleach]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2005-07-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[For many Southern Californians, summer is the season for beaches, chaise longues and the quest for the perfect tan.

Not for Margaret Qiu. She and thousands of other Asian American women are going to great lengths to avoid the sun -- fighting to...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Are sunless tanning products safe?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-07-04 21:45:08</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Q. I like to look tanned, but I'm somewhat fair-skinned and can't be in the sun much. Are self-tanning lotions and sprays a good idea? Are they safe?

A. Sunless tanning sprays and lotions can make your skin look tanned without exposing it to the sun's...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rare disorder nearly takes Baltimore woman's sight]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-06 12:44:47</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[When Tamika Morgan developed red irritated eyes in the fall of 2010, she wasted no time heading to an optometrist at a local retail store who gave her drops for pink eye.

Her eyes got worse over the next few days so she went to a local hospital to see an...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dark-skinned men at risk of vitamin D deficiency]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-10-26 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Men who spend little time in the sun, live in northern locales or have dark skin may need to increase their intake of vitamin D to prevent deficiency, a Northwestern University medical researcher has found.

Vitamin D is required for the proper absorption...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mercury Found in Skin Creams]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-05-18 16:12:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Some creams promising to lighten skin, eliminate age spots and zap freckles contain high levels of mercury, a toxic metal that can cause severe health problems, a Chicago Tribune investigation has found.

The newspaper sent 50 skin-lightening creams to...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[FDA widens mercury-skin lightening cream investigation]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-05-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is broadening its investigation of mercury in skin-lightening creams after more than a dozen people using products in California and Virginia were found to have elevated levels of the toxic metal.

State and federal...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bill calls for stricter rules on cosmetics]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-07-21 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., introduced legislation Tuesday that would toughen safety standards for cosmetics, including requiring regular government testing of products for hazardous ingredients.

The call for testing of cosmetics &#8212; from...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alternatives to Tanning Beds]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2009-07-29 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Wednesday, the World Now Organization announced that tanning beds definitely cause cancer.

So, now what do you do to get that "healthy glow" without putting yourself at risk?

Spray on tanning is an option. We went to Body Brushed inside Tranquility...]]></description>
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