Siberian Sunburn

Polyphenols and Sunburn

Polyphenols are antioxidant molecules found in many foods such as green tea, chocolate, grape seeds, and wine. Polyphenols have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antineoplastic properties. Growing evidence suggests that polyphenols may be used for the prevention of sunburns as polyphenols decrease the damaging effects of ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation on the skin. This ...

Global climate change: beyond sunburn.

-The study group included 684 cases: 258 patients with breast carcinoma, 113 males with lung cancer, 42 patients with rectal tumours, 42 patients with stomach tumours, 59 patients with fibroadenomatosis, and 170 healthy subjects of varying age (male and female). A relatively high blood triglyceride level was found in patients with breast, lung, rectal (females), and stomach (female) tumours. Th...

Siberian Pine Decline and Mortality in Southern Siberian

The economic impact of acute sunburn.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the economic impact of sunburn in a beachgoing population during the summer. DESIGN Survey. SETTING Galveston, Tex, beachfront. PARTICIPANTS Convenience sample of 56 sunburned beachgoers. Intervention None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Days of work lost as a result of sunburn in the previous year. RESULTS Thirty-eight respondents (68%) reported painful sunburn. Sunscree...

Siberian Flood Basalts

techniques and fractionation correcting to a 194Pt/ 95pt ratio of 0.9734 (38). 33. E. Anders and N. Grevesse, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 53, 197(1989). 34. M. P. Gorton, E. S. Schandl, A. J. Naldrett, Ocean Drilling Project Scientific Results, Leg 140, in press. 35. R. J. Walker et al., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 58, 4179 (1994); M. F. Horan, R. J. Walker, V. A. Fedorenko, G. K. Czamanske, ibid., i...