Health: Beauty now in a pill

Belo comes out with its first food supplementRecent advances in skincare point to the growing importance of the protein glutathione in protecting cells from oxidative stress and maintaining the immune system.

Intensive Chemotherapy May Be Harmful To Most Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

The prognosis for nearly three-quarters of elderly patients on intensive chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor, with a median survival of less than six months, according to a study published online in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology. AML is the most common form of acute leukemia among adults and is a rapidly growing cancer of the bone marrow that requires ...

The evolution of melanoma diagnosis: 25 years beyond the ABCDs

Twenty-five years after publishing the mnemonic "ABCD" to facilitate the early diagnosis of melanoma, the group who came up with that moniker says early detection remains a key factor in lowering mortality from malignant melanoma. Darrell S. Rigel, M.D. and colleagues from the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology at New York University School of Medicine say that, despite all of the ...

Price of sun overindulgence and tanning misuse is not just skin deep

It's what marketers lead us to believe is the picture of glowing health - the ultimate tan. But sun overindulgence and tanning misuse does have a price. And it's not just skin deep.

Astrology | Week of July 29

ARIES March 21-April 19: Success coach Tom Ferry says our ability to pursue our dreams can be damaged by four addictions: 1. An addiction to what other people think of us. 2. An addiction to creating melodrama in a misguided quest for excitement. 3. An addiction to believing were imprisoned by what happened in the past. 4. An addiction to negative thoughts that fill us with anxiety.