by Ashley Staker on August 12, 2010
You’re smart. When you are out in the sun during the summer months, you put on sunscreen to prevent sunburn and worse, cancer. However, a new study questions whether doing so is wise, to say nothing of being effective. The study reports that ingredients in many brands, including the most popular ones, may actually INCREASE [...]
by Ashley Staker on April 29, 2010
A recent study reported that in some communities people regularly shower with a dangerous microbe called Mycobacterium avium — a cousin of the tuberculosis-causing bacteria and one that is quite infectious in its own right. The University of Colorado-Boulder study is part of a larger research project focused on bacteria to which people are regularly [...]