IN THE NewS ) SKIN SKIN CAN Redheads and fair-skinned peo susceptible — even without sun Redheads and fairskinnes peo ple are more susceptibe to de Veloping skin cancer, regardless of whether of not they expose their skin to the sun, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reported in the journal Nature, The authors ex plain thatthe kind of skin pig {ment that predominates in retchaired and fai-skinned peo ple may be a contributing factor jn melanoma risk ‘Senior author, David Fishe MD, PhD, chief of the MGH Depart the CBRC, said: rent of Dermatology. director of ed hair and fair ‘We've known for alang time that people with re skin have the highest melanoma risk of any skin type. These new findings do not increase that risk but identify a new mechanism 0 help explain wide an opportunity to develop better ly address this pigment inst UV radiation tion-associated risk while o which remains our first line of defense against melanoma and skin cancers Source: Medi MAKING SKIN ACT YOUNGER By boosting its surroundings war body become less resilient and pecially mir As we age the trillions of able to endure the stress of everyday life. Our ski tors what's been happening throughout our bodies. ‘But recently, scientists have learned that aging, cells bear only part of the blame for this problem. Anew study shows that it might be possible ta slow the decline of younger ~ by focusing on the stuff that surrounds those cell, an independent study atthe University of Michigan Medical School, skin scientists have succeeded in making the skin cells of senior citizens act like younger cells again simply by adcling mc filler tothe fibreiled area around the cell. This extracellular matrix, or ECM, acts like the scaffold that skin cells roost in I's made of tiny fibrils of collagen, produced by the cells (fibroblasts), Over time, as skin ages, the ECM becomes frag ‘mented, which causes cells to lose their connections to that scaffold ~ and the lack of support accelerates their decline further. The same thing may happen in other types of tissue Inthe new study, scientists from the U-M De- partment of Dermatology injected the skin of 21 volunteers in their 80s with a filler often used ‘aging tissue - and even make it act | from red grapes may a,. Resveratro! pound, n An antioxidant com rr in abundance in red §7@P¢ hen by a number of studie from cardiovascular health te Michael Nicholl, from the souri, USA), and colleagues rep show ur cells more prostate tumour ¢ ubsequent th from all types of prostate cancer The into prostate tumour cells gre both perforin and granzyme, prote shown to kill cancer cells. Follow am observed that the the researchers found that up cells died, which is a much higher ment with radiation alone. Source: WorldHealth.net, 11 Decem: ais Moto | uu ed ProeuraerePLASTIC SURGERY IN Russia Stay pretty to keep your job ; The market for plastic surgery has grown ‘substantially n Russia over the last decade, Itis now around a 100 million: dollar business. Even if large part of this sector remains in the shadows, with little regulation, the practices tend to be well run with well-trained surgeons, Itis more and more com~ ‘mon among Russian women to resort to surgery to look younger and more attractive, but also among Russian men, ‘The 2010 ranking of the International So- ciety of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) ‘compares 25 countries, by the number of plastic surgeons and the number of procedures carried out, The Russian Federation, ranked 14th ahead of the United Kingdom, Argentina and Thailand i Russia's history of plastic surgery is quite new compared to Western coun= tries, where the development of began atthe start of the 20th century. In Russia, aesthetic surg arrived in the past 15 to 20 years, with Haeelee ae al oe letiona, Cometic recy reat viet medicine, Piast purgeon Dr Dat loser expla thera sation Vole of Rusela tat “during the Soviet Union tere wero clink specialised in plastic sargry. Only two hoopla cared et plastic opera: tino at hat iene in Moscow and one int. Peesburg And az eorse cqence there were no apecialioedwurgeora” gi RSE i “es he pas tee years, Rusia as - perienceda boomin plastic surgery. Thre years ogo an ofl decision was trade uncle hae aloe crate the fd f plat urgery We've launched special traning fr surgeons: Nowadays Russa has an eduction system nthe fll that meets European taedards” According to losers data there ae about thousand fully quale plastic surgeons in Russa with around 600 working la Momcow Sour! Voie of Rusia, 13 Noventer 2012 in an interview with CONCRETE BUTT INJECTION DEATH Video Vixen Pebblez Charged with Murder Popular video vixen Pebblez Da Model (famed for having, 48 inch backside) has been charged ‘with murder for allegedly injecting concrete into the buttocks ofa woman in a botched cosmetic surgery operation. Police claim that the 39-year cold suspect, whose real name is Natasha Stewart, ‘and another woman, killed an unidentified ‘model by injecting cement into her buttocks. The ‘victim died after the concrete got into her blood- stream. The two suspects were arrested in Mem- his, Tennessee. The friend she was with, 21-year-old Shannetria Newberry, was charged ‘with aggravated assault failure to appear on a felony charge, bodily harm, and criminal fortei- ture. ‘Source: International Business Times, 7 January RUNNING FOR YOUTH? Endurance training may keep telomeres from shortening — a marker of cellular aging Telomeres are the end caps of chromosomes, protecting the DNA complexes from deteriora- tion during cell division. Telomere shortening, is considered a marker of cellular aging, and prematurely shortened telomeres have been linked to increased risk of cancers, heart dis- case, dementia and death. Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) report that endurance training may protect against the effects of aging in older individuals Javaid Nauman and colleagues recruited 20 men, haf of whom were ages 22 to 27 and the other half ages 66 to 77. neach age group, half ofthe participants were endurance athletes who were taking part ina cross-country ski race or track competi- tions. The others were nonathletes who were active, but who had never competed at higher levels in any sports. All of the participants ‘were free from known cardiovascular disease, ‘obesity, and a history of current or past smok- ing, None was taking regular medications, The team observed that in the older age group, the ‘endurance athletes had significantly longer telomeres. Further, in the overall cohort, telomere length was positively associated with VO2max, with the relationship strongest among the endurance athletes. The study au thors write that: “Our data suggest that VO2max is positively associated with telomere length, and we found that long-term en- ddurance exercise training may provide a pro- tective effect on muscle telomere length in ‘older people.” Source: WorldHealth net, 3 January 2013,IN THE NEWS > TEETH SYNTHETIC BONE To help dental implants Griffith University scientists are de- veloping artificial bone to help r= place missing, teeth, which will ake getting dental implants a less painful procedure. Dr. Jamil Alayan at the university's Schoo! of Den- tistry and Oral Health and his team are using the latest tissue engineering tec TION nology to produce Sarna. | EDITA een “ip EMOTION; jawbone. These will provide a foun tanium de nts. The benef the risks of complications are lower bec to be removed from clsewhere in the body. Source: Skynews.comu, 9 January 2013 cause bone doesn't have It can produce enduring changes a suds have suggested that meditation in TEETH WHITENING RISKS 27 ristonn rer ire TEETH WNT gum injuries and [iciani tamara atm tooth erosion ee cn oeing een) a uleDsbore e to ch eth whitening oF tay et et USN) ans gated whether meditation vsponse to emotional stim Reduction in amygdala re a rt reditting, Petcipants were enolic ae the fleas of two forms of meditation: inl medi Srinpassionate meditation, based at Emory Univer fettny adults with no experience meditating Part ourses in either meditative approach: a control S70 Spr weck health education course, Within three weeks before es se ttwce weeks after completing the training, 12 ‘brain scans, performed as the subjects vic whitening done with the wrong procedure could be very dangerous. The most sought after proxiucts inthis seg: ent are the home teeth whitening kits. People can use them in the comfort of their ding participants from home, and they are cheap too. ‘group were given “The website of the ABC re- Sic different images ~ 108 per session ~ of people in situations wit positive, negative or neutral emotional content vaured an interview with Dr. Bobbi Stanley, a rep there that many home use teeth ‘safety and many contain and even to tooth, Meditation was not mentioned in pre-imaging instructions to | pants, and investigators confirmed afterwards that the vous meditated while in the scanner. Participants also completed 2s" cently feat table dentist. She states whitening kits are not even tested for ingredients that can lead to gum injuries Bleaching can be quite more porous. It has been noted by many people, that if they ive up bleaching for a period, their teeth will become much aarker than they were before they started using these whiteners Even the American Dental Association states that bleach- ing can be harmful forthe teeth, mainly because the whitening products contain high levels of peroxide, Peroxide in turn con- es froe radicals which come in contact with nucleic acids and proteins and can cause damage within cells. Too much bleaching can easily lead to teeth which are not healthy white anymore, but rather translucent, The enamel can be damaged irreversibly. ‘Source: WorlDental.org, 7 January 2013 dangerous as it makes the teeth symptoms of depression and anxiety before and after the tains grams. In the mindful meditation group, the after-training brains: showed a decrease in activation in the right amygdala in respons | mages, supporting the hypothesis that meditation can improv <™ stability and response to stress. 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