Sunscreen is one of the most important ways to protect yourself from skin cancer – but to be reliable, it has to be tested on brave volunteers.
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If you’ve had a skin cancer check lately, you might have been told to consider adding a daily vitamin B3 pill to your skin safety regime.
The UV index measures how much UV radiation is around and how much damage it’s likely to do to your skin.
In Asian countries, many people wield umbrellas to protect them from the sun. American women used to as well – but then stopped.
Dog skin is exactly the same as yours and mine! It changes colour depending on how much light it’s exposed to.
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Director Radiation Research and Advice (ARPANSA), and Adjunct Associate Professor (UOW), University of Wollongong
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Professor of History, Texas A&M University
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Professor in Chemistry, School of Science (Applied Chemistry & Environmental Science), RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer – Small Animal Internal Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, Medicine, UNSW Sydney
