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How Safe and Effective Are Sunscreens?

July 2, 2009 -- Sunscreens are improving, but three of five brand-name products either don't protect the skin from sun damage sufficiently, contain hazardous chemicals, or both, according to a report by the watchdog organization Environmental Working Group (EWG). "I'd give the industry a C minus," s
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Chemo Drug Cream May Fade Wrinkles

June 15, 2009 -- The chemotherapy drug fluorouracil, used in a skin cream, may have potential for fading wrinkles. Fluorouracil is already used as a prescription skin treatment for actinic keratoses, which are precancerous lesions caused by sun damage. Patients getting such treatment have also repor
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Botox, Wrinkle Fillers Not Hush-Hush

June 3, 2009 -- Getting Botox Cosmetic or hyaluronic acid wrinkle fillers isn't something most people keep secret, a new study shows. The survey, which comes from the Aesthetic Surgery Education & Research Foundation, included 687 U.S. patients who got Botox Cosmetic and/or hyaluronic acid dermal fi
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Want a Higher Salary? Get Brains, Beauty

May 20, 2009 -- Good looks may help people land jobs, but brains also give folks a leg up in climbing the salary ladder, new research shows. “Little is known about why there are income disparities between the good-looking and the not-so-good-looking,” says Timothy Judge, PhD, a management professor
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Cosmetic Procedures Down 12% in 2008

March 16, 2009 -- Americans cut back on plastic surgery and other cosmetic procedures last year, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). The ASAPS today released its 2008 statistics, which show a decrease of 12% in the number of surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic proc
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Eyes Offer Clues to Age and Alertness

Feb. 6, 2009 -- The eyes have it when it comes to showing age, a new study suggests. Researchers say younger people seem to make judgments about the age and alertness of older folks by looking into and around their eyes. The study is published in the February issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of t
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Genes vs. Behavior: What Makes Us Age?

Feb. 5, 2009 -- Genes play a role in your appearance as you get older, but the real villains of the wrinkles of aging involve behavioral choices such as smoking, eating, and sun exposure, a new study shows. The study is published online in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical jou
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FDA OKs 1st Eyelash Drug Latisse

Dec. 26, 2008 -- The FDA has approved Latisse, the first drug to promote eyelash growth, according to Allergan, the company that makes Latisse. Latisse, which will be available by prescription starting in the first quarter of 2009, contains the active ingredient of the glaucoma drug Lumigan, which i
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FDA Panel Ayes Eyelash-Boosting Drug

Dec. 5, 2008 -- An FDA advisory panel today recommended approving Latisse, a drug to promote longer, thicker, darker eyelashes. Latisee is a spin-off of the glaucoma drug Lumigan. The FDA approved Lumigan in 2001 as an eyedrop. Eyelash growth is a known side effect of the drug. Allergan Inc., the dr
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Healthy Tanning Beds? Experts Say No

Sept. 18, 2008 -- Health experts are fighting back against an aggressive campaign by the tanning industry to portray sunbathing and the use of indoor tanning beds as not only safe, but good for you. In a series of papers published today, leading researchers in the fields of melanoma research, dermat
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