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Moisturizer In a Pill
The effect of oral supplements on the skin is the subject of debate, but one formulation now has proven benefits. At the San Gallicano Dermatological Institute in Rome, scientists who had no financial ties to the product gave 16 women a pill of vegetable ceramides, amino acids, fish cartilage, antioxidants, and essential fatty acids (available in the United States in early 2006 as Santica Beauty Recipes Deep Skin Hydrating) and limited their skin-care routine to cleansing only. After 40 days, measurements showed increased suppleness and hydration, but not in 16 other women who had taken a soybean-oil pill. A moisturizer would deliver similar results, researcher Enzo Berardesca says, but only where it's applied, "whereas the supplement works all over the body."
53% of relapses among smokers trying to quit occurred in the presence of other smokers.
67%
of Caucasian women polled say they've had one or more painful sunburns.
-Journal of Clinical Oncology study of 90,194 women with an average age of 35