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Tanning beds rebranded and touted as a boon for health and wellness belie the physical reality that UV exposure is cumulative increasing the risk of skin cancers with each successive use.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 26, 2025 Source:Sunbed use on the rise as salons sell ‘wellness’ benefits
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A preprint, non-peer-reviewed study states that weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy are more likely to cause temporary hair loss compared to Contrave. The latter is not overly efficacious hence less weight loss therefore less hair loss.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 18, 2025 Source:Weight-Loss Drugs Like Wegovy Are Linked to Hair Loss Reference:Risk of Hair Loss with Semaglutide for Weight Loss
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Does lip balm help chapped lips? What works well and mitigates skin reactions?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 25, 2025 Source:Does lip balm help chapped lips? Here’s what to know
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Interesting study proposes that UV-mediated RNA damage seems to be the primary cause of the sunburn reaction.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 24, 2025 Source:We’ve Been Wrong About What Causes Sunburn, Scientists Discover Reference:The ribotoxic stress response drives acute inflammation, cell death, and epidermal thickening in UV-irradiated skin in vivo
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Limited evidence to support the idea that stress is directly responsible for greying hair
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 7, 2024 Source:Stress isn’t as responsible for greying hair as you might think. This is the actual culprit
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Acne is is unlikely made worse by certain foods. There are straightforward known mechanisms that contribute to its development.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 16, 2024 Source:It’s not the pizza, say dermatologists. What really causes acne breakouts
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Case-control study shows association but no causation that people who get tattoos are at increased risk of lymphoma. There are many study confounding factors that can contribute to this outcome.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 23 2024 Source:Can tattoos cause blood or skin cancer? Reference:Tattoos as a risk factor for malignant lymphoma: a population-based case–control study
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Bill and I review (sun)burn management
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 6, 2024 Source:The Do’s and Don’ts of Burn First Aid