Skin Deep: Hold the Chemicals, Bring on the Needles
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More and more women are using facial acupuncture instead of Botox to attack wrinkles.
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By Anonymous  In our increasingly germ-phobic culture, antibacterial products have rapidly gained in popularity. Always on the hunt for new ways to satisfy consumers, companies frequently retool their products, looking for the next best thing in personal hygiene.
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Experiments with the brain cells of rats show that contact with an ingredient found in shampoos, hand lotions and paint causes neurons to die.
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Some people say banana peels do the trick. Others swear by butter, nail polish or a hair dryer turned on high and aimed at the invasion site. And then there's you, ogling a shelf-full of various drugstore potions and rub-ons, each with a different active ingredient and all claiming to relieve the...
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NEW YORK  - A new study suggests that baby lotion, baby powder, and baby shampoo may be exposing babies to potentially harmful chemicals called phthalates.
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A device that projects an enhanced image of the underlying veins onto the skin could avoid botched injection attempts, scientists believe.
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A British biochemist says women who use make-up daily are absorbing almost five pounds of chemicals a year.  Richard Bence, who advocates the use of organic beauty products, said people should question the products they put on their skin, The Telegraph newspaper said Thursday.
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Toxic chemicals don't just hurt us in big doses. An environmental oncologist argues that myriad tiny amounts of cancer-causing agents in our environment--and even in our shampoo--can make us sick.
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A common antibacterial and antifungal ingredient in mouthwashes and toothpaste also can also guard against skin cancer. The surprise finding was presented Oct. 19 at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Seattle.
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Chronic stress might speed up the onset of skin cancer in those already at high risk for the disease, a new study indicates. The research is still preliminary, involving mice, not humans.
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On a whim, two parents got in on a bloodstream study to find out what kinds of chemicals are in their children's blood. It turned out that in just 18 months, their toddler had amassed more man-made gunk in his body than they'd gotten in decades. It all came from the environment in which he lives, from mattresses, fabrics, and plastic spoons and plates.
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Next month, a Franklin, Mass., company will begin selling a futuristic device that painlessly injects medications through microscopic pores in the skin, holes created by low-frequency vibrations instead of high-anxiety needles.
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KUCHING: The absence of adequate controls at entry points into the country has made it easy to import chemicals which form the base of many designer drugs.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20 (HealthDay News) -- In the not-too-distant future, you may be able to slather on a lotion that both protects your skin from cancer and gives you a tanned look at the same time.
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BOGOTA -- It's probably the last thing most people think about when buying roses: By the time the bright, velvety flowers reach your valentine, they will have been sprayed, rinsed, and dipped in a battery of potentially lethal chemicals.
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The tattoo of the future may be good for your health rather than just your image.
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Empty your cupboards of chemicals and harsh pes