Protection from sunburn: The sun is most intense between 10am-3pm, so try to limit exposure during these hours. Wear sunscreens with a sun protective factor (SPF) of at least 30. Apply sunscreen 30 minutes prior to sun exposure (to allow skin to absorb it); sunscreen absorbs ultraviolet light reducing the…
Here’s a story that provides more than one lesson in why you need to protect yourself with the best sunblock to avoid severe burns as you enjoy the late-summer sun. In Texas, a man was hospitalized with second-degree burns when he fell asleep while outside in the sun without his…
Sunscreens are chemicals that are designed to be absorbed by the skin in order to form a sun barrier so you do not get first-degree or even second-degree burns (blisters). Many of the chemicals have been broken down into tiny particles so that they can be sprayed or absorbed more…
A recent article from the Associated Press addressed exactly the type of information we want to provide to you each week in this blog. Here is a summary: About a third of adults get sunburns each year, and most of those people actually get more than one, according to the…
CBS News in New York ran a story this week about a new proposed law that would make New York the first state to ban indoor tanning for minors. While this might seem to be a bit too much government intervention for some people, think about this: The issue is…
With Japan suffering through a national health scare over the leaking of radiation from its tsunami-damaged nuclear power plants, the topic of radiation sickness and radiation burns has made it front and center in the newspapers and TV news programs. But the most common sources of radiation burns are the…