INTRODUCTION For general practitioners, practice nurses and community pharmacists in New Zealand, a core duty is to educate patients about sun protection. We aimed to evaluate compliance of locally available sunscreens with regional clinical practice guidelines and sunscreen labelling standards, to assist clinicians in advising consumers on sunscreen selection. METHODS We audited all sunscreens...

Public health campaigns have improved knowledge on UVR-associated skin cancer risk and increased sun protection awareness. However, tanned skin is still a common beauty ideal. The relationship between knowledge, attitudes and protective behavior is not fully understood yet. A population-based survey was thus performed in the district of Erlangen involving 2,619 parents of 3- to 6-year old child...

BACKGROUNDS Vitamin D deficiency is a public health concern even in sunny areas, so we decided to assess the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its related factors among university students in Shiraz. METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out on 254 (128 male and 126 female) university students. Demographic questionnaires and a questionnaire on exposure to sun light and sun prote...

* These authors contributed equally to this work Corresponding Authors: Xuqi Li, e-mail: [email protected] or Xuejun Sun, e-mail: [email protected] Source of support: This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81770521), the Scientific and Technological Development Research Project Foundation of Shaanxi Province (No. 2016SF-157and 2016SF-121), and the Jo...

G. Sybren de Hoog, Anne D. van Diepeningen, El-Sheikh Mahgoub, and Wendy W. J. van de Sande Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Peking University Health Science Center, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Beijing, China; Sun Yat-Se...

Skin cancer is a very real and prominent health problem for Australians. For adolescents in particular, despite adequate knowledge levels, they are continuing to have negative sun safe behaviours as attitudinal and social factors overpower health promotion efforts. Through a comprehensive literature review, competitors to health promotion are addressed and the need for a more comprehensive stra...

The skin aging is the result of the association of seven factors; chronological factor, genetic factors, exposure to ultraviolet rays (photodamage), behaviour factors, endocrinous, catabolics and mechanics factors. The treatment combine sun protection measures, topical treatment, dermatological and surgical techniques (peelings, resurfacing laser, injections of collagen, botulic toxin...). The ...

Sun protecting clothing is clothing designed for sun protection and is producted from the fabric rated for its level ultraviolet (UV) protection. Some textiles and fabrics emloyed in the use of sun protective clothing may be pre-treated with UV inhibiting ingredients during manufacture to enhance their UV blocking capacitiy.