SOUTH BEND -- As the warmer months approach and the sun starts to sizzle, health officials warn residents to be wary of sun damage and learn how to best protect their skin.
While occupational risks are inherent in many jobs, workers who make a living toiling in the sun face an increased threat of skin cancer from repeated overexposure to the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays.
About 10,000 blue floral tote bags, sold at Chapters and Indigo book stores across Canada, have been voluntarily recalled by the company. The bag caused some customers to develop a minor skin irritation.
While occupational risks are inherent in many jobs, workers who make a living toiling in the sun face an increased threat of skin cancer from repeated overexposure to the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. Now, new research finds that workers who need skin exams the most by nature of their occupation - such as construction, forestry, fishing and farming workers - are the least likely to get
TORONTO -- White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen pointed to his right arm. ''I got real thick skin,'' he insisted, hours before the Sox' game Monday night against the Blue Jays. ''I'm pretty strong. I took all kinds of punches last year, and I'm still up.''
Ultraviolet (UV) protection is a concern for many Americans, particularly in the spring and summer months, but most people are thinking about their skin, not their eyes.
Some days are meant for swimming. These are the days in which the sun is shining, caressing one's skin with golden, heated rays. The birds sing out from their perches, and the air holds a certain palpable wellness and benevolence. This day had started like this.
Conventional wisdom suggests a list of the best baseball players by uniform number should include the lone athlete in pro sports history whose number has been retired by an entire league.
LAS CRUCES †A premiere of a specially commissioned work, internationally renowned solo artists, a "Simply Sinatra" pops concert tribute to "Old Blue Eyes" and a concert just for kids will be highlights of the 2008-9 season for the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra at New Mexico State University.
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