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Skincare Safety Concerns: Debating Anti-Bacterial Skin Care Products
Skincare-News.com tests whether fruity-scented anti-bacterial hand sanitizer is better than soap and water at protecting people from germs and bacteria. Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) January 29, 2008 -- Its cold season, and that means germs are lurking everywhere: door handles, countertops and most especially, hands. Is it really necessary to lather up every time someone sneezes, or is a fruity-scented anti-bacterial hand sanitizer the answer? Skincare-News.com's latest article, "Anti-bacterial ... Good or Bad?" finds that surprisingly, plain old soap and water is still the best, most effective step against germs and bacteria.
http://www.skincare-news.com/articles.php?ArtID=499 Like many things, the fantastical claims of gel-based, anti-bacterial hand sanitizers seem too good to be true: namely, killing 99.9 percent of harmful germs and bacteria without water, anytime, anywhere.
Spending a fortune on skin care? Read this
More than ever — expensive, high end cleansers and creams are cutting into women's wallets. Lots of these products come with a heaping of hype — promising to rid your skin of blemishes, wrinkles and make you look "radiant." But does pricey always mean better? Real Simple magazine's Suzanne Rust tells us where we can save on our daily skin care regimen — and where it is actually worth it to splurge. General saving tip:
The first step to saving on skin products? Use less. If your method is to begin with a big dollop of face cream and then smear it between your hands, that is where most of the cream will stay. Instead, dab a dot on your forehead, cheeks and nose, then spread it and rub in. Cleansers
A cleanser should do just that — cleanse. Any expensive active ingredients in a cleanser are only on your face for a few seconds.
Gene found to suppress skin cancer growth
LA JOLLA, Calif., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. geneticists have discovered a specific gene can suppress skin cancer development.
The scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research found genetic evidence that Activating Transcription Factor 2, or ATF2 -- a protein that regulates gene transcription -- responds to extracellular stresses, such as ultraviolet light and ionizing radiation.
That function in stress and DNA damage response suggests the gene might also play a role in the formation of tumors, researchers led by Ze'ev Ronai said.
"Important support for the finding comes from the analysis of tumor samples from human patients with non-malignant skin cancer," said Ronai. "Unlike the strong nuclear expression of ATF2 in normal skin, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma samples exhibit a significantly reduced nuclear staining for ATF2."
The study appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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