UV radiation


RAPID ROUNDUP: Caffeine protects skin from UV damage – experts respond

Fri Feb 27, 2009

Embargo lifted on Friday 27 February 2009 at 1am AEDT US scientists have shown how caffeine may protect the skin against the damage of UV exposure. Several studies have reported that in humans, consumption of tea or coffee is associated with lower incidences of non-melanoma skin cancers and this new research helps to explain why [...]

RAPID ROUNDUP: Moisturisers increase skin cancer risk in UV-radiation treated mice – Experts respond

Fri Aug 15, 2008

New research to be published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, implicates several common moisturising creams in increasing the development of skin cancer in mice that have been exposed to UV-radiation.