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British sunbed users can have their faces assessed for UV damage for free

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:57 PM PDT

LONDON, Oct 14 — In the wake of the latest study on the cancerous effects of tanning beds, Cancer Research UK is launching a new campaign called R UV Ugly?

The campaign will tour shopping malls around the UK, offering free ultraviolent skin scans so individuals can see the hidden damage on their skin.

In addition to free scans in shopping centers in Scotland (including Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and East Kilbride) between October 15 and 28, British shoppers can stop by skin centres for free UV skin assessments in its 39 clinics across the country.

In addition, the R UV Ugly? campaign will hit the road later this year and early next year throughout shopping centers in the UK. For more info, visit the website.

According to the BBC, the rate of malignant melanoma for 15- to 34-year-olds is now at eight cases per 100,000 in the UK, which is higher than the UK average of six cases per 100,000.

Also, about 1,100 people of all ages are diagnosed with the disease every year in Scotland, according to Cancer Research UK.

Earlier this month , a massive new study was published in the British Medical Journal that linked indoor tanning bed usage with a rise in the risk of non-melanoma skin cancers, especially among those who tan before they turn 25.

Prior research has already linked tanning beds with deadly melanoma, but the new study extends the risk to other less serious forms of cancer — basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. — AFP-Relaxnews

Got a tough problem? Sleep on it

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:49 PM PDT

CALIFORNIA, Oct 14 — Turns out the old adage "sleep on it" may actually have some merit, at least according to a new study from the UK's Lancaster University.

Announced Friday, the study tested whether sleep or time spent awake was best in finding a solution to difficult problems.

Researchers found that sleep does help many people to solve their problems. — AFP pic

Researchers analysed data from 27 men and 34 women who were asked to attempt verbal insight problems of varying degrees of difficulty, followed by a period of sleep, time spent awake, or no time delay at all.

Then, subjects reattempted previously unsolved problems.

While researchers found no difference between the groups for the easier problems, the sleep group solved a greater number of difficult problems than did the others.

The results were published online in the journal Memory & Cognition.

"Sleep appears to help us solve problems by accessing information that is remote to the initial problem, that may not be initially brought to mind," says lead researcher Dr Padraic Monaghan.

"Sleep has been proposed to 'spread activation' to the solution that is initially distant from our first attempts at the problem."

The takeaway: if you're stuck, get some sleep, he adds.

Prior research from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has shown the positive benefits of sleep, or even short naps, when it comes to creative problem-solving. — AFP-Relaxnews

Kredit: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com

Ahad, 14 Oktober 2012

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