http://medicalconsumers.org Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:23:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://medicalconsumers.org http://medicalconsumers.org/2011/02/13/no-proof-sunscreens-prevent-cancer/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2011/02/13/no-proof-sunscreens-prevent-cancer/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:01:24 +0000 medconsumers http://medicalconsumers.org/?p=7310 “Sunscreens protect against sunburn, but there’s no evidence that they protect against basal cell carcinoma or melanoma.”… “Death from skin cancer is advertised as being avoidable with the use of sunscreens. This position might actually be true, but there is as yet absolutely no scientific evidence to support it.” We should all be grateful to the researcher I just quoted: Marianne Berwick, PhD, MPH, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. For 20 years, Dr. Berwick has been calling attention to the information gap behind the sunscreens-prevent-cancer message to the public. As the Division Chief & Head of Cancer Epidemiology & Prevention at UMC, she has co-authored over a hundred research papers about skin cancers. In a new commentary for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, she is asking, once again, the research question that all dermatologists should be asking: Where’s the proof for sunscreens? ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2011/02/13/no-proof-sunscreens-prevent-cancer/feed/ 1 Maryann http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/11/home-remedy-and-antibiotics-for-eczema/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/11/home-remedy-and-antibiotics-for-eczema/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 19:19:03 +0000 medconsumers http://medconsumers.wordpress.com/?p=2094 ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/11/home-remedy-and-antibiotics-for-eczema/feed/ 0 Maryann http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/01/best-topical-medicines-for-psoriasis/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/01/best-topical-medicines-for-psoriasis/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 20:08:39 +0000 medconsumers http://medconsumers.wordpress.com/?p=2118 ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/01/best-topical-medicines-for-psoriasis/feed/ 0 Maryann http://medicalconsumers.org/2006/06/01/bedbugs-one-woman%e2%80%99s-experience/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2006/06/01/bedbugs-one-woman%e2%80%99s-experience/#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:10:33 +0000 medconsumers http://medconsumers.wordpress.com/?p=1002 ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2006/06/01/bedbugs-one-woman%e2%80%99s-experience/feed/ 0 Maryann