Archives for March 28, 2004

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Reacting to active ingredients

Parents should exercise caution when choosing skin care products for allergic children, warns a new study by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. One in four of the cosmetic products tested for the study contained common food...

UVA rays as dangerous as UVB?

University of Sydney researchers have found that UVA rays - which age the skin but do not burn - can cause DNA damage. The finding suggests sunscreens must protect against both UVA and UVB rays to provide proper protection from disease, writes Claire...