Prevention is better than cure

Most types of skin cancer can be prevented if the risk factors and causes of skin cancer are taken seriously. However, there are some prevention tips to get maximum protection against developing skin cancer.

Avoid Long and Direct Sun Exposure

Exposure to the high intensity Ultraviolet rays of the sun because these are the key trigger of causing skin damages which lead towards skin cancer. These rays are on their maximum when the sun is on the peak especially from 10 am to 4 pm. It is a misconception that only long term exposure is harmful for the skin, short and non-regular contact with the intense sunlight may also increase the risk of skin cancer.

Hide the Sun Exposed Areas with Sunscreen

It is recommended that whenever go outside, apply sunscreens on the exposed parts of your body. Though sunscreens do not stop all the harmful UV radiation, they are a key factor of prevention from skin cancer. A broad-spectrum sunscreen, with sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15, and having ingredients which have a better blocking capacity for UV rays, is highly recommended round the year. Sunscreens should be applied 30 minutes before going outside and reapplied after every two hours. After swimming and exercising, it should be used again. The usage of sunscreens must be taught to the children from childhood so that they can be prevented from sunburns or skin damages that can be resulted in skin cancer in the later stages of life.

Read More….

In a recent study it has been found that Indian water streams contain high levels of antibiotics to treat almost 90,000 people in one stream. The water samples were taken from Patancheru treated water. This waste water is the drain of about 90 drug manufacturing companies.

These tests and researches have been lead by Joakim Larsson, an environmental scientist at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and his team at Patancheru Enviro Tech Ltd. Plant. The shocking result showed that the water is abundant in Ciprofloxacin, a renowned antibiotic used for various disease treatments.

The so called treated water contained 21 antibiotics traces in it. These 21 medicines are used in general to treat ailments like ulcer, gonorrhea, chronic liver disease, hypertension, heart ailments, depression, and other such diseases. The water is undoubtedly harmful for health, which poor villagers are forced to drink; “We don’t have any other source, so we’re drinking it.” Klaus Kuemmerer, a chemist at the University of Freiburg Medical Center in Germany, an expert on drug resistance said, “If you take a bath there, then you have all the antibiotics you need for treatment,” “If you just swallow a few gasps of water, you’re treated for everything. The question is for how long?”

According to the researchers, antibiotics are the biggest cause of drug-induced liver injury (DILI).

In the US, DILI is the commonest cause of death from acute liver failure and it also causes almost 13% cases of acute liver failure in the country.

Different non-prescription and prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements become the cause of DILI. In this study, the researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine examined the patients with suspected drug-induced liver injury and they noticed that almost 73% cases were due to only one prescription medication, 9% from nutritional supplements and 18% cases were due to multiple agents. In the study, patients with acetaminophen related liver injury were not included.

Today vaccinations are considered as the most important and largest health and hygiene measures. Death toll is prevented with the inventions of various kinds of vaccines in the modern time. In historical period of primitive time the invention and use of vaccines was just none to say.

Vaccinations are more importantly used to save the children’s lives. In 2007, the United States ranked in all time’s lowest death rates for 13 diseases of the children. There are rumors that some immunizations cause autism. The experts of the public health departments say that water and sanitation has remained the most important health vaccine in history. Today there is quite a stress on the issue on pure water. People are not enjoying the pure water as it was in the historical times. The scientists gave an approval on that it is polluted so much than ever before.