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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
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Scalp cooling therapy: The Ottawa Hospital could lose technology that helps prevent hair loss in cancer patients.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 3, 2024 Source:Scalp cooling therapy: The Ottawa Hospital could lose technology that helps prevent hair loss in cancer patients
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Faces made of living skin make robots smile. Wider implications to treat people with skin damage from disease and trauma if the technique is perfected.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 2, 2024 Source:Faces made of living skin make robots smile
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Debunking the ‘anti-sunscreen’ movement: Doctors say TikTok trend is dangerous and full of scientific and physiological inaccuracies
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 29, 2024 Source:Debunking the ‘anti-sunscreen’ movement: Doctors say TikTok trend is dangerous
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Itchy skin can be the result of different conditions. However in many cases eczema/allergies is a common cause.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 23, 2024 Source:Are you always itchy? It might be more serious than dry skin, experts say — here’s why